* This one time, at band camp, Jonathan Matthews said:
> Ok - can someone explain the following:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ls
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc
> rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>err
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat err
> rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm err
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > err
> rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > /dev/null
> rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
>
> Why can't I silently discard the output of rm?
> Am I missing something subtle?
> Something obvious?
> A vital brain part?
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm err
rm: cannot remove `err': No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm err 2>/dev/null
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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