Redirecting your intents
Ξ June 27th, 2010 | → | ∇ Tools |
command > filename
redirects the stdout from ‘command’ to a file called ‘filename’. The file shall be created if not present, or otherwise overwritten.
> filename
: > filename
are a special case of redirection, creating a zero-lenght file. The ‘:’ is a dummy placeholder that generates no content - usually used when the first form is not allowed by the shell.
command >> filename
also redirects the stdout to file, but the content is appended to file in the file already exists.
note: pre-pending 1, 2 or & will redirect stdout, stderr or both , according to the redirection ‘operator’ (>, >>).
