Quick question: I forgot how to redirect stdout-->stdin

[MBMarduk]

I checked the NHFs but could find it in the usual places.
I just tried these:
$program &2>1 ~/textfile
$program 2&1> ~/textfile
$program 2>&1 ~/textfile
$program 2&>1 ~/textfile

but they don't seem to work...
The program in question is X and I want the error messages put in a file to view later.

[wittysaint]

try program 2&>~/textfile

not sure though :confused:

[bdg1983]

program 2>&1 ~/textfile should work

or just

program > textfile

Which send the programs output to the file textfile.

[ 21 August 2001: Message edited by: mdwatts the 3rd ]

[Strike]

If you want to redirect STDOUT of one program to STDIN of another, that's what a pipe does.

foo | bar

redirects STDOUT of foo to STDIN of bar

[MBMarduk]

Originally posted by Strike:
<STRONG>If you want to redirect STDOUT of one program to STDIN of another, that's what a pipe does.

foo | bar

redirects STDOUT of foo to STDIN of bar</STRONG>

You're right. Maybe what I meant to ask was STDERR to STDIN??
In any case, the text that appears when X starts up doesn't go nicely into a file like I wanted it to.
Thanx for the replies as always.
-Mike