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these cases that u have mentioned , i jus wanted to know the reason , y these external and built in comamands behaved differently ..:confused:
can u throw some lite .. :)
n also the command that u...

can u tell me y
[user@localhost ~]$time cat new\ file > /dev/null

works

and
[user@localhost ~]$time cat new\ file 2> /dev/null

it doesnt work ...as we can c frm the 1st post.
...

{ time ; } 2> /dev/null
check this...

@cfajohnson
thankx [:)]

@ishkawa
time command as i have earlier said uses std. error to give its output so while im using 2>/dev/null it shouldnt give any out put ..
but thats not the case ,..
n i wanted a reson fr that..

time command uses std. error to give its result.
wn we type
$ time cat new\ file 2>/dev/null
its result shd not be printed. but its still being printed..
wts the prob ..??

eg .
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