On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 10:36:59AM +0200, Per-Olof Widstrom wrote: > > command >/dev/null 2>&1 > > > What does the "2" and "1" stand for, and the "&" ? > One is standard output, right? 2 means standard error & means merge it with 1 (i.e. standard output)
So the whole thing is: - first redirect standard output to the bit bucket - then let standard error go the same way as standard output or short: throw away any output Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works. --unknown source
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