Question: What Is Error Redirection in Linux?
Contents There Are Mainly Two Types of Output Streams in Linux- Standard Output and Standard Error. the Redirection Operator (Command > File) Only Redirects...
There are mainly two types of output streams in Linux- standard output and standard error. The redirection operator (command > file) only redirects standard output and hence, the standard error is still displayed on the terminal. The default standard error is the screen.
What is redirection operator in Linux?
Redirection allows commands’ file handles to be duplicated, opened, closed, made to refer to different files, and can change the files the command reads from and writes to. Redirection may also be used to modify file handles in the current shell execution environment.
What does >/ dev null 2 >& 1 mean?
So in a sentence “1>/dev/null 2>&1” after a command means, that every Standard Error will be forwarded to the Standard Output and this will be also forwarded to a black hole where all information is lost.
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