bash NULL DEVICE – redirecting output & errors

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descriptors:

  • stdin: 0
  • stdout: 1
  • stderr: 2

1>/dev/null       ## Redirect OUTPUT (stdout) to null
2>/dev/null       ## Redirect ERRORS (stderr) to null
&>/dev/null       ## Redirect OUTPUT and ERRORS (stdout and stderr) *used ampersand!

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