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Re: Redirecting error message from ${parameter:?word}
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Michael Siegel |
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Re: Redirecting error message from ${parameter:?word} |
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Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:17:34 +0100 |
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Am 12.01.20 um 07:37 schrieb Eli Schwartz:
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> It should suffice to use any compound command; the simplest would be to
> use { cmd; } 2>/dev/null
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> No subshell needed, which it seems is something the OP cared about.
Exactly, that's what I was looking for.
But why does this work? I mean, I get why redirecting the shell's error
stream works when using a subshell. But how does using a compound
command lead to masking the expansion error?
--Michael