Webmaster wrote: > For example: > |ls -l /usr/bin | more > redirect_test.log 2>&1| (BLFS 6.3 Page 37) > What does "2>&1" mean? > Input and output redirection. 2 is Standard Error 1 is Standard Output 0 is Standard Input > redirects output in general
long story short the command takes the standard error messages along with the standard output and redirects the both to a file specified. -- Eric Plummer [email protected] -- Messages in plain text, please, no HTML. No top posting, please. -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
