On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 01:35:38PM +0900, John Crawley wrote: > > 4) In a bash shell as root (e.g. "su" or "sudo -s"), do: > > > > errors=$(apt-get install mirage 2>&1 1>/dev/tty) > > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `2' > > So bash as root has a problem with the redirection.
At this point I'm guessing you made a typo. Since you didn't show us the command you typed, that's my official guess. Any alternative is too far beyond belief. > But this worked OK in the same root shell: > > exec 3>1 > errors=$( apt-get install mirage 2>&1 1>&3 ) > exec 3>&- > > If 'mirage' is replaced with 'mirag' then $errors holds the error message. > > So at least something is working! Note your typo in the first exec command. You've got FD 3 redirected to a file named '1', rather than dup-ing stdout. > Maybe it is an issue with sudo? According to Michael's discovery, yes.
