:) Now to me, it's more logical to tinker with the file descriptors of the command first and then say where they are going rather than vice versa.
On a related note I recall early *nixes where the command switches had to precede all the other arguments. Took me years to get used to the fact that in later versions you could say 'ls foo* -l' best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Netley Abbey, Southampton 07970 844083 On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 13:35, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Victor, > > > Saying 'do_something_interesting 2>&1 > something_interesting.log' > > Or, the alternative action of ‘foo >bar 2>&1’. :-) > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. > > -- > Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-08-06 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-08-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
