Re: Redirecting stdout and stderr into a file

[otto.wyss@orpatec.ch (Otto Wyss)]

Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@businesswebsoftware.com> wrote:

> >> but how can I redirect both together?
> >>  
> >>
> > cat foo 2>&1 > logfile
> > or, to append to the file:
> > cat foo 2>&1 >> logfile
> > 
> > Should do it.
> 
> Redirections are processed in the order they appear on the command line.
>   So "2>&1 >logfile" redirects stderr to the same as current stdout 
> (normally the terminal) and then redirects stdout to logfile.  You need
> to swap the two redirections to send both streams to logfile.
> 
grep > 2>&1 logfile

Sorry does not work (syntax error near unexpected token '2').

O. Wyss