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Re: Redirect &2 into a command - HowTo

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From: Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: jarausch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Helmut Jarausch)
Subject: Re: Redirect &2 into a command - HowTo
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:57:23 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <jarausch-971024163649.A14799@numa1> from "Helmut Jarausch" at Oct 24, 97 04:36:52 pm

Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>Is there any possibility to redirect STDERR to a command like 'xless'
>without redirecting  STDOUT as well?

The simplest way is

foo 2>>(xless)

but this executes the command asynchronously, which may not be what
you want.  To do it synchronously:

{ { foo 1>&3 } 2>&1 | xless } 3>&1

-zefram

References:
- Redirect &2 into a command - HowTo
  - From: Helmut Jarausch

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