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stderr not directed properly

the following command:

ls > . 2> error

prints:

bash: .: Is a directory

to the terminal. But since I redirect stderr to 'error' I expect this line to be written into error and not the terminal.

Solution

  • Redirections are done left-to-right, so your stdout redirection fails before your stderr redirection starts. Compare with ls 2> error > .