fix(docs): correct stderr redirection typos in redirections examples#286
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Change '2>&2' to '2>&1' in shell redirection examples. Standard error should redirect to file descriptor 1 (stdout), not 2. Fixes yassinebenaid#282
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Fixes #282
Problem
The documentation examples for redirecting both stdout and stderr contain a typo:
2>&2redirects stderr to itself, which is incorrect.Solution
Change
2>&2to2>&1so that stderr is correctly redirected to stdout (which is already pointing to the file).Changes
Fixed in
docs/features/redirections.md:echo "Hello World" 1>file.txt 2>&2→2>&1echo "Hello World" 1>>file.txt 2>&2→2>&1