Sending nmap output to a file without also printing it to standard output

Question

I am invoking nmap with the following command:

nmap -oX i.xml -p 1-1023 -r -T4 -d -d  

Doing this sends output to i.xml successfully. However, text is still printed on the command line in additional being redirected to i.xml. I would like the command to run silently on the command line, but to still write all of its output to my i.xml file. I tried using the -v0 argument, but using it results in neither my XML file nor the command line seeing any output.

How can I tell nmap to send its output only to my XML file?

Answer 1

Have you tried redirecting stdout to the null device?

nmap -oX i.xml -p 1-1023 -r -T4 -d -d >/dev/null

On Windows, use NUL instead of /dev/null