redirecting stdout and stderr to file using bash

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In order to redirect stdout to a file in bash I use:

cmd > file.txt

To redirect stdout using Bash while appending I use:

cmd >> file.txt

and for both stdout and stderr to a truncated file I use:

cmd &> file.txt

How do I redirect both stdout and stderr appending to a file? cmd &>> file.txt did not work for me

But I want to redirect both stdout and stderr appending to a file. How do I do that?

Mar 19, 2019 in Linux Administration by DragonLord999
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cmd >>file.txt 2>&1

Bash always executes and redirects from left to right:

  1. >>file.txt: simply opens the text file in append mode and puts the stdout there
  2. 2>&1: this redirects stderr to the same place where stdout is ging. which in this case is the file opened in append mode. The &1 is using the descriptor which was being used by stdout
answered Mar 19, 2019 by ajs3033
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