Frequent Question: What Does 2 Mean in Linux?
Contents File Descriptor 2 Represents Standard Error. (Other Special File Descriptors Include 0 for Standard Input and 1 for Standard Output). 2> /Dev/Null...
File descriptor 2 represents standard error. (other special file descriptors include 0 for standard input and 1 for standard output). 2> /dev/null means to redirect standard error to /dev/null . /dev/null is a special device that discards everything that is written to it.
What is the meaning of 2 >& 1?
&1 is used to reference the value of the file descriptor 1 (stdout). Now to the point 2>&1 means “Redirect the stderr to the same place we are redirecting the stdout”
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