Sometimes you might want to redirect both stdout and stderr to same place. You can do it like:
[root@linux ~]# ./script.sh >/dev/null 2>&1But there is a shorter way…
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Month: December 2023
create results file only when fully finished
Idea behind this trick is very simple yet powerful enough. It allows you to avoid unexpected consequences when some results file is being appended long enough by your process.
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run commands with timeout
Sometimes you might have use cases, when specific command or script should be run no longer than given amount of time. In those cases you should run commands with timeout.
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