How Do I Save Output to a File in Linux?
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How do you save the output of a command in a file?

Any command that has a command window output (no matter how big or small) can be appended with > filename. txt and the output will be saved to the specified text file.

How do you pipe the output of a command to a file in Linux?

5 Answers. You can use &> to redirect both stdout and stderr to a file. This is shorthand for command > output. txt 2>&1 where the 2>&1 means “send stderr to the same place as stdout” (stdout is file descriptor 1, stderr is 2).

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