
Redirecting STDERR
STDERR
Sometimes important
Sometimes just clutter
STDERR is file descriptor #2
Use '2>' instead of '>' to redirect it
$ ls private/* public/*
public/foo.txt
public/bar.txt
private: access denied
$ ls private/* public/* >/dev/null
private: access denied
$ ls private/* public/* 2>/dev/null
public/foo.txt
public/bar.txt
Copyright 2005, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.
Presented at LFNW - LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, Apr 2005
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