How Do I Save Terminal Output in Linux?
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How do you save a terminal output to a file in Linux?

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  1. command > output.txt. The standard output stream will be redirected to the file only, it will not be visible in the terminal. …
  2. command >> output.txt. …
  3. command 2> output.txt. …
  4. command 2>> output.txt. …
  5. command &> output.txt. …
  6. command &>> output.txt. …
  7. command | tee output.txt. …
  8. command | tee -a output.txt.

How do you copy a terminal output?

There are 2 options,

  1. Either you can copy-paste the selected text using Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V in which you have freedom what things to copy OR.
  2. Redirect the text to a file using redirection. program1 >outputfile.txt 2>errorfile.txt. here, all the stdout will go to outputfile.
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