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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Run this grep every 10 minutes and do something based on the output Post 302929529 by junior-helper on Monday 22nd of December 2014 12:19:21 PM
Old 12-22-2014
It's simply a matter of taste. I used it to keep the terminal clean(er) Smilie
Sometimes one just doesn't care about the output because we only rely on the exit status, like in this case.
Anyways, &>/dev/null is not mandatory here.

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Originally Posted by rbatte1
The redirect will stop you getting messages to standard output ...
It covers standard error, too Smilie
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NAME
grub-render-label - generate a .disk_label for Apple Macs. SYNOPSIS
grub-render-label [OPTION...] [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION
Render Apple .disk_label. -b, --bgcolor=COLOR use COLOR for background -c, --color=COLOR use COLOR for text -f, --font=FILE use FILE as font (PF2). -i, --input=FILE read text from FILE. -o, --output=FILE set output filename. Default is STDOUT -t, --text=STRING set the label to render -v, --verbose print verbose messages. -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for grub-render-label is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-render-label programs are properly installed at your site, the command info grub-render-label should give you access to the complete manual. grub-render-label (GRUB) 2.02-2ubuntu8.3 July 2018 GRUB-RENDER-LABEL(1)
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