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Old 06-10-2018
Doubt regarding stderr
Hi All,
I am writing a shell script code. and i want the stderr to be send to a file and the stdout to be displayed in terminal. In my shell script code i use a read command to get data from user.
Code:
read -r -p "Enter the type :" data

and while i execute my script i use
Code:
./my_script.sh 2> filename

My doubt is why Enter the type: which I use with read command is not displayed in terminal, but in STDERR instead (filename) ??

Any insight will be helpful to meSmilie
Last edited by rbatte1; 06-11-2018 at 10:55 AM..
# 2  
Old 06-10-2018
Welcome to the forum.


That's a feature of your shell, e.g. man bash:
Quote:
-p prompt
Display prompt on standard error, without a trailing newline, before attempting to read any input. The prompt is displayed only if input is coming from a terminal.
# 3  
Old 06-10-2018
Thanks @RudiC for your answers,

But even if i remove -p option from read command, same output as previous is observed.
Last edited by rbatte1; 06-11-2018 at 10:55 AM..
# 4  
Old 06-10-2018
Which is difficult to believe.


Please
- tell your OS and shell versions
- show your command
- post the contents of filename
# 5  
Old 06-11-2018
i got it now....Thanks
Last edited by Vinoth R; 06-11-2018 at 01:36 AM..
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