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06-03-2008
- Original Discussion by navi
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Confusion about 1>&2 and 2>&1
Can anybody tell me the difference between 1>&2 and 2>&1?
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06-03-2008
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1 is stdout 2 is stderr
By default stdout is the "normal" stream for program out, stderr is for errors and warnings only. Both of those statments combine stdout and stderr into one stream - the first places all stderr and stdout output on 2, the second places all output on 1 |
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