In Bash, inserting 1&2 after a command redirects
A) standard error to standard input.
B) standard input to standard error.
C) standard output to standard error.
D) standard error to standard output.
E) standard output to standard input.

Question

In Bash, inserting 1>&2 after a command redirects
A) standard error to standard input.
B) standard input to standard error.
C) standard output to standard error.
D) standard error to standard output.
E) standard output to standard input.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

In Bash, "1" represents standard output and "2" represents standard error. The ">&" operator is used to redirect one file descriptor to another. Therefore, "1>&2" redirects standard output (1) to standard error (2).

In Bash, Inserting 1>&2 After a Command Redirects