Warp wrote:
> Pabs <pab### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> : Just a syntax query - what is the ampersand for?
> : Does ">&" mean send stderr (and or stdout) to outer space?
>
> In most shells (tcsh, zsh and I think bash, but not sh) it means redirecting
> both stdout and stderr (also |& can be used).
>
> If you want to redirect only stderr it's "2>".
Thanx
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Bye
Pabs
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