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Subject: Re: /dev/stderr problem
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:32:20 +0200
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* Thorsten Kampe (Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:25:13 +0200)

> the following bash script results in a different output when 
> redirected to a file.
> 
> ```
> printf "FIRST LINE\n" > /dev/stderr
> shopt -os xtrace
> printf "SECOMD LINE\n" > /dev/stderr
> ```

On further inspection: the `xtrace` is not related to the problem:

script.sh
```
printf "FIRST LINE\n" > /dev/stderr
printf "SECOMD LINE\n" > /dev/stderr
```

```
$ bash script.sh
FIRST LINE
SECOMD LINE

$ bash script.sh 2> file && cat file
SECOMD LINE

$ file /dev/stderr
/dev/stderr: symbolic link to /proc/self/fd/2
```

Thorsten


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