Redirect to /dev/null

Matthias F. Brandstetter haimat at lame.at
Tue Dec 21 05:32:43 PST 2004


---------- quoting Jon Essen-Moller ----------
> I saw this thread and wish to now what /2>&1 /does and maybe you know a
> place where I can find out more about this?
> Best regards - Jon

"2>&1" means "redirect STDERR (2) to STDOUT (1)"
a good starting point for further research would be "man bash"

Greetings, Matthias

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