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How to redirect and append both standard output and standard error to a file with Bash

To redirect standard output to a truncated file in Bash, I know to use:

cmd > file.txt 

To redirect standard output in Bash, appending to a file, I know to use:

cmd >> file.txt 

To redirect both standard output and standard error to a truncated file, I know to use:

cmd &> file.txt 

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

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flybywire Avatar asked May 18 '09 04:05

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cmd >>file.txt 2>&1 

Bash executes the redirects from left to right as follows:

  1. >>file.txt: Open file.txt in append mode and redirect stdout there.
  2. 2>&1: Redirect stderr to "where stdout is currently going". In this case, that is a file opened in append mode. In other words, the &1 reuses the file descriptor which stdout currently uses.
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Alex Martelli Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 10:09

Alex Martelli