I/O redirections are one of the prettiest things we have in linux (IMO!) Following are commands and their usage.
command_output >> file
Redirects stdout to a file. Creates the file if not present, otherwise appends.
` > filename `
Truncates the file to zero length. If file is not present, creates zero-length file (same effect as touch).
` 1>filename ` Redirects stdout to the file “filename”.
` 1»filename ` Redirects and appends stdout to file “filename”.
` 2>filename ` Redirects stderr to file “filename”.
` 2»filename ` Redirects and appends stderr to file “filename”.
` &>filename ` Redirects both stdout and stderr to file “filename”.
` 2>&1 ` Redirects stderr to stdout. Error messages get sent to same place as standard output.
Some quality explanation now ;) Take the example of this command:
cmd >> file.log 2>&1
This command will redirect all the output of command(cmd) into file.log.
2 refers to Second file descriptor of the process i.e., stderr
> refers to redirection
&1 means that the target of redirection would be same as 1 i.e, first descriptor i.e, stdout.
Thanks!