Simple Logging in Shell Scripts

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/zsh
mylogpath=/tmp/mylog
mylog=$mylogpath/myawesomlog-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).log

[[ ! -d ${mylogpath} ]]; mkdir -p $mylogpath

set -xv; exec 1> $mylog 2>&1

... do some stuff ...

# Upload our log using API
jss_user="apifileuploaduser"
jss_pass="MysUPerL33tpAssW0rd"
jss_url="https://jps.mycompany.com"

# get computer serial number to lookup the JSS ID of the computer
serial=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial\ Number\ \(system\)/ {print $NF}');

# get ID of computer
JSS_ID=$(curl -H "Accept: text/xml" -sfku "${jss_user}:${jss_pass}" "${jss_url}/JSSResource/computers/serialnumber/${serial}/subset/general" | xpath /computer/general/id[1] | awk -F'>|<' '{print $3}')

# upload the log to the comptuer record
curl -sku $apiUser:$apiPass $jpsURL/JSSResource/fileuploads/computers/id/$JSS_ID -F name=@${mylog} -X POST