Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:38:38 -0800 (PST) From: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Redirecting output Message-ID: <678271.61474.qm@web34402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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I am trying to find out exactly what is the difference between:
{command} 2>&1 >> /dev/null
and
{command} dev/null 2>&1
I have seen both used and have not been able to decipher what the difference is. It would seem that the first one would be the one that is correct.
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