Quick Answer: How Do I Redirect in Unix?
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Just as the output of a command can be redirected to a file, so can the input of a command be redirected from a file. As the greater-than character > is used for output redirection, the less-than character How do I redirect a file in Unix?

Summary

  1. Each file in Linux has a corresponding File Descriptor associated with it.
  2. The keyboard is the standard input device while your screen is the standard output device.
  3. “>” is the output redirection operator. “>>” …
  4. “<” is the input redirection operator.
  5. “>&”re-directs output of one file to another.

How do I redirect a file in Linux?

To use bash redirection, you run a command, specify the > or >> operator, and then provide the path of a file you want the output redirected to. > redirects the output of a command to a file, replacing the existing contents of the file.

How do you redirect a Unix error?

To redirect stderr as well, you have a few choices:

  1. Redirect stdout to one file and stderr to another file: command > out 2>error.
  2. Redirect stdout to a file ( >out ), and then redirect stderr to stdout ( 2>&1 ): command >out 2>&1.
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