Save outputs in an external file in Stata
Stata can store the outputs and/or the history of typed commmands using the .log
and .cmdlog
commands. While .log
captures both commands and output, the .cmdlog
command stores the stream of executed commands only.
Suppose you wish to save all commands and output into a text file called myoutput.txt
in the c:\temp
directory. The first step is to open a log file and begin storing, using the .log using
command:
. log using c:\temp\myoutput.txt, text replace
The text
option above writes the log file in
ASCII format; the default is the SMCL (Stata Markup and Control Language) format. The replace
option overwrites an existing file. To append the log file, use append
instead.
To stop saving the log and close the file, enter:
. log close
To save the commands only, use the .cmdlog
command:
. cmdlog using c:\temp\mycommand.txt, append
To close the file, enter:
. cmdlog close
.cmdlog using
command always saves the log in ASCII format.
You may suspend logging using either .log off
or .cmdlog off
. To resume logging, use either .log on
or .cmdlog on
.
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