03-04-2011
0,1,2 are the file descriptor for STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR respectively.
0 -- STDIN - standard input , is by default keyboard.
1 -- STDOUT - standard output, is by default terminal
2 -- STDERR - standard error, is by default terminal
In your command, STDOUT is set to a file ( with redirection, 1 is optional here ) and STDERR is set to STDOUT ( wherever the STDOUT is set)
"&" is the syntax for that. So 2>&1 means standard error is being redirected to standard output which is finally set to a file. so both stdout and stderr will go to file.
just to make sure, its not $1
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suspend
suspend(1) User Commands suspend(1)
NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.
ksh
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
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