Re: [Help-bash] Redirecting output to stderr

[Jason Ferrer]

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/055

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Marlen Caemmerer <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried to output a echo to stderr.
> Unfortunatelly it does not go to stderr but to stdout.
> Only when I use it in a function it works.
> When I put the first statement into a script it works as expected, too.
>
> It works in zsh though and I guess it worked in 2003 in bash, too.
> Here is my shell output:
>
> address@hidden:~$
> address@hidden:~$ echo "moo" 1>&2 > /dev/null
> address@hidden:~$ echo "moo" 1>&2
> moo
> address@hidden:~$ echoerr() { echo "$@" 1>&2; }; echoerr "moo" > /dev/null
> moo
> address@hidden:~$
>
> But I have no idea why it is so and if this is a bug.
>
> Cheers
>         nosy
>
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