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# 1  
Old 03-30-2005
suppressing an error message using the "ls" command
hi

I'm new here so my question maybe be retarded or out of place:

Is there a way to suppress the "No such file or directory" error message when using the "ls" command ?

thanks
# 2  
Old 03-30-2005
Which shell are you using? For sh-compatible ones, try:

ls 2>/dev/null

It actually suppresses all standard error output.
# 3  
Old 03-31-2005
Hello,

Is there something similar in csh.

Am doing:

?> rm filename
filename: No such file or directory

How to suppress this message???
# 4  
Old 03-31-2005
The best you can do with csh is something like (as rm is the strong and silent type on success this is a little over the top, but for commands where you still want to capture stdout on your terminal, you need this...)
Code:
( rm filename > /dev/tty ) >& /dev/null

A reason to use a bourne-based shell, methinks....
Code:
rm filename 2> /dev/null

Clean and elegant....

Cheers
ZB
# 5  
Old 04-01-2005
Thanks a lot.

I did

rm filename 2>& /dev/null

and it was working too.

Thanks.
# 6  
Old 01-14-2009
rm -f filename
 
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