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101-500 Question #283: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

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Question

To prevent a command run as root from sending both standard out (stdout) and standard error (stderr) to any terminal or other file or device, which of the following strings should be appended to the command?

Options

  • A
    /dev/null
  • B
    /dev/null 1>&2
  • C
    /dev/null 2>&1
  • D1>&2 >/dev/null
  • E2>&1 >/dev/null

Explanation

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Topics

#I/O redirection#file descriptors#stderr and stdout#shell operators

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