Ok - can someone explain the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ls [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>err [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat err rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm err [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > err rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > /dev/null rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
Why can't I silently discard the output of rm? Am I missing something subtle? Something obvious? A vital brain part? cheers, jc
