On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 05:10 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I still get all the trash with this: > > > > > > echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx $smtp -s $IAm" Disk Status" -r $From $To > > > 2>&1 > /dev/nul > > > > > > I think I am putting the `2>&1 > /dev/nul` in the wrong place. > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > It's the wrong way round. The 2>&1 means "redirect the current fd 2 to > > the same place as fd 1", but at this point fd 1 is still unchanged. You > > also misspelled /dev/null but I assume that's a typo. > > > > You want "... > /dev/null 2>&1". > > > > poc > > echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx $smtp -s $IAm" Disk Status" -r $From $To > > /dev/null 2>&1 > > Mailx hangs. I think mailx thinks it is a parameter.
You didn't say what the problem was in your original post so I looked no farther than the "2>&1" thing. I suggest running the whole script under 'sh -x' to see what it's actually doing. I would also run it through shellcheck to catch any obvious bloopers in the syntax. I wou;d also enclose everything after the '|' in parentheses so it executes in a subshell, in case the redirections aren't doing what you think. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
