Bash - How to output two commands to file?

I want to output two commands to a file. I want the exact time (date) AND temperature (sensors) to go to file every 5 minutes. I know how to output one command to a file, but two? How to write such script?

From serverfault amorfis

• If I understand your question right--you want to output two values to the same file--then this might be what you are looking for:

  TIME="`date`"
  SENSOR="56"
  
  echo "$TIME $SENSOR" >> /path/to/a/file
  

  From Clinton Blackmore

• Something like this? (In a loop, cron, or whatever you're currently using.)

  (date; my_sensor_command) >> log_file
  

  Insyte : +1 for figuring out what the question was...
  From retracile

• Group all commands in parenthesis, because that will execute them in a sub-shell which you easily can redirect the output from:

   while sleep 5m
   do
           (date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M | tr -d '\012'; echo -n ' '; \
           /etc/rc.d/init.d/lm_sensors status | grep '^CPU Temp') >> /your/log/file
  
   done
  

  From hlovdal

• Maybe I am misunderstanding the question, but it looks like all the answers are appending to one file. I read your question to be that you want the same output in 2 files. If that was what you are looking for, tee is a way to accomplish that:

  echo "Stuff to output"|tee -a file1 file2

  From Alex

• Refering to hlovdal post, you can set a cron like this:

  
  $ crontab -e
  
  
  */5 * * * * (echo date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S | tr -d '\012'; echo -n ' ';  sensors | grep "CPU Temp:" | awk '{ print $3 }' )>> /var/log/sensors.log
  

  hlovdal : Using both grep and awk is very often not neccessary. "grep "CPU Temp:" | awk '{ print $3 }'" can be shortened to "awk '/CPU Temp:/{ print $3 }'"
  From mezgani