Redirect stderr to /dev/null so that ignore prints of standard errors in terminal prompt.
Environment and Prerequisite
- Linux base system
- Bash shell(/bin/bash)
- Redirect
Terms
What is /dev/null?
/dev/null
: Device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded.- You can ignore standard error on screen when you write
stderr
to/dev/null
.
What is redirect?
Redirect('>')
: Redirect standard streams to user-specified locations like file or other stream.- Reference: Redirection (computing)
Usage example
Ignore stderr in find command
- It prints
Permission denied
asstderr
$ find / | grep neutron
find: ‘/run/docker’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/containerd’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/lxcfs’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/sudo’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/log/journal/50739525d1fb4eac9e863478fb990fed’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/lvm’: Permission denied
- After redirect
stderr
to/dev/null
, there is noPermission denied
2
representsstderr
find / 2> /dev/null | grep neutron
/home/twpower/test/neutron_patched
/home/twpower/test/neutron_patched/LICENSE
/home/twpower/test/neutron_patched/.gitignore
/home/twpower/test/neutron_patched/bin
...