Yeah, thats what I did first and said it didn't work. From all the imput I think the following is a clear way to express it:
/command/ 2>&1 | less
where:
- the "command" is the specific function or action to be performed
- "2>" is the instruction to direct (the errors?) to stderr
- "&1" is the instruction to duplicate these error messages to stdout
- "| less" is the instruction to output the result of the command to less.
Is this right? Just out of curiosity what exactly is stderr and stdout?
geek-speek;-)
There are three files available to (most) Unix programs without them opening them:
stdin for reading stuff
stdout for writing regular reports
stderr for writing error reports.
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