Re: Why do I need to be a %^#$# programmer to use Linux?

[Steve Juranich <sjuranic@quail.ee.washington.edu>]

> OK, stupid n00b question coming.  How can I capture the screen output in my
> terminal to a file so I can show you the errors that I am getting?  I tried
> outputting or piping to a file and it doesn't work.  Is there some way for
> me to capture the screen output to a file?? ( You know in winblows, I can
> just cut and paste!! :-) )

If you're running bash, you can redirect the error output (stderr, in 
%^#$#'ing programmer speak) by typing '2>filename' after your command.

Example:

quail (ss)$ ls bozo 2>errors
quail (ss)$ cat errors
ls: bozo: No such file or directory
quail (ss)$ 

HTH

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