Re: [leafnode-list] making fetchnews quiet

["Hundri Magusin" <hundri_106@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > Hmm... I had 2>&1 >/dev/null and that didn't work, I'll try with all 
> file
> > handles now....
>
> What you meant was >/dev/null 2>&1.  Order is important here.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
> --

Interesting.... but care to elaborate on this just for my curiosity sake? 
The way I was understanding it was:
2>&1 >/dev/null

meaning assign stderr to stdout and then move stdout to /dev/null

Now it's:
> /dev/null  2>&1

which I take it to mean move stdout to /dev/null and stderr to stdout

Where am I getting it wrong?

Thanks and best regards.


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