2>&1 takes stderr (fd#2) and joins it to stdout (fd#1) so you have a single 
output stream, contains both things sent to stderr (fatal program errors) and 
stdout messages (informational or program specific messages)

> On 25 Nov 2013, at 4:30 am, Tim Streater <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 2>&1

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