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# 1  
Old 12-11-2009
Meaning of >&2
What does >&2 at the end of the statement echo "Alright man..." >&2 mean?
# 2  
Old 12-11-2009
those are Standard Input, Standard Output and Standard Error

standard input 0 - default is keyboard
standard output 1 - default is screen
standard error 2 - default is screen

in your statement standard output is redirecting to standard err ( or where the stderr is redirected later) ..
this is somewhat confusing to me !!
# 3  
Old 12-11-2009
Yes absolutely correct by anchal_khare
This thing creates confusion,
>&2 and >&1 both of this showing o/p on screen.


If u possible proactiveaditya copy past some more lines from this file.
# 4  
Old 12-11-2009
&2> means redirecting errors into a file.

For eg
Code:
grep "TEST"  file1 > file2 &2> errorFile

If there is any error in the grep command it will be directed to the error file.
# 5  
Old 12-11-2009
I got the syntax from the page:
The classic test command [Bash Hackers Wiki]
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