Re: My script almost works but spams the terminal its launched from if useing dash.
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, at 07:25, Michael Milliman wrote:
> Yes, this is the correct incantation. The difference is very subtle.
> With ... 2>&1 >/dev/null, the error output is redirected to be the same
> as the standard output, and then the standard output is redirected to
> /dev/null -- leaving the error output still going to the original
> standard output (terminal).
Why is the "2>&1" part needed? Wouldn't stderr go to the terminal by
default?
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Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
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