How to limit Crontab text output.

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When cron runs it outputs text from the script that ran and the system calls. Is there a way to limit output?

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X-Cron-Env: <XDG_SESSION_ID=3737>
X-Cron-Env: <XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000>
X-Cron-Env: <DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus>
X-Cron-Env: <LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8>
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ab10>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=a>
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Text from script..

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Text from script..

Answer 1

Here is a bash script...

#!/bin/bash
awk ' BEGIN {flag=1}

{
if ($0 ~ /Date:/) { flag=0;
}
if ($0 ~ /From/) {  flag=1;
}
if (flag==0) {print}
}

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