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I need to suppress the error message when the command is not working. I have given like below, command_name 2> /dev/null But it is not working in Red Hat Linux ...
  1. 09-29-2010 #1
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    Suppressing Error Message is not working

    I need to suppress the error message when the command is not working. I have given like below,

    command_name 2> /dev/null

    But it is not working in Red Hat Linux release 9. Guide me.


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    It depends upon whether the error message is coming from the application/command itself, or from the shell (such as "command not found"). Redirecting as you did will only redirect command output to stderr. It will not affect any error messages output to stdout or messages from the shell. What exactly are you trying to do, and why?
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