$tomcat_status=`sudo /****/***/bin/catalina.sh start`;
print "$date: $tomcat_status\n";

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Wed Oct 30 05:35:14 EDT 2013: Using CATALINA_BASE:   /****/****
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /****/****
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /****/****/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /usr
Using CLASSPATH:       /****/****/bin/bootstrap.jar:/****/****/bin/tomcat-juli.jar