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Commandline 101: Redirecting Output

May 05, 2009  By Shawn Powers
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Linux Journal's Shawn Powers shows you how to redirect commandline output to a file.

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stdout stderr redirection?

Stu's picture
Submitted by Stu (not verified) on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 07:17.

I'd love to see the Shawn Powers, Clear and Concise, Tech Tip of the Day, description of how stdout and stderr redirection is done. For example, how both can be redirected to file.

great example

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Submitted by Tuxly_Tuxford_M... on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 19:31.

There are so many powerful, useful commands that come out of the box with every linux installation. Shawn, your short video tip collection is perfect for beginner and intermediate users who may not otherwise know this stuff. Keep up the great work!

Using the "clear" command

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Submitted by Gumnos (not verified) on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 14:54.

In case you're lazy like me, you can use control+L to perform a screen-clearing instead of typing clear each time. Advantages include the ability to use it in the middle of typing a command to clear the screen and not littering your .bash_history file with clear commands.

-Tim

Thanks!

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Submitted by Shawn Powers on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 16:55.

Cool! Thanks Tim. :)

Shawn Powers is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal. You might find him chatting on the IRC channel, or Twitter