Thread: notify of finished updates

hi
why doesn't command finish? :
sudo apt-get update && date >> ~/file1
appears update part activated no date put file1
thank

the command using doing update (separately) executing date command , appending (only) date file. if want output update's output file try,

code:

date >> file1 && sudo apt-get update >> file1

hope of help.

edit: noted problem being date not being outputted correctly, command works here regard date.

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