Change stdout/stderr output device

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By default if we run

foo()
 echo "myfoo"

it will go to stdout. My question is, for a bash script or function, is there a programmatic way to change the device so that commands don't automatically write to stdout?

maybe something like this:

foo()
 mkfifo bar
 exec 1<>bar
 echo "myfoo" # this gets written to the bar named pipe?

so we "repoint" stdout somewhere else perhaps?

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

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yeah that doesn't seem to work. If i run tail -f bar I don't seem to get any data there.
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:40

Are you asking for something very different from foo >bar?
â€“Â Kusalananda
May 8 at 4:58

@Kusalananda honestly, I might delete this question, this new question is better: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/442461/â€¦
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:59

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By default if we run

foo()
 echo "myfoo"

it will go to stdout. My question is, for a bash script or function, is there a programmatic way to change the device so that commands don't automatically write to stdout?

maybe something like this:

foo()
 mkfifo bar
 exec 1<>bar
 echo "myfoo" # this gets written to the bar named pipe?

so we "repoint" stdout somewhere else perhaps?

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

yeah that doesn't seem to work. If i run tail -f bar I don't seem to get any data there.
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:40

Are you asking for something very different from foo >bar?
â€“Â Kusalananda
May 8 at 4:58

@Kusalananda honestly, I might delete this question, this new question is better: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/442461/â€¦
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:59

add a commentÂ |Â

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By default if we run

foo()
 echo "myfoo"

it will go to stdout. My question is, for a bash script or function, is there a programmatic way to change the device so that commands don't automatically write to stdout?

maybe something like this:

foo()
 mkfifo bar
 exec 1<>bar
 echo "myfoo" # this gets written to the bar named pipe?

so we "repoint" stdout somewhere else perhaps?

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

By default if we run

foo()
 echo "myfoo"

it will go to stdout. My question is, for a bash script or function, is there a programmatic way to change the device so that commands don't automatically write to stdout?

maybe something like this:

foo()
 mkfifo bar
 exec 1<>bar
 echo "myfoo" # this gets written to the bar named pipe?

so we "repoint" stdout somewhere else perhaps?

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

asked May 8 at 4:36

Alexander Mills

1,885929

yeah that doesn't seem to work. If i run tail -f bar I don't seem to get any data there.
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:40

Are you asking for something very different from foo >bar?
â€“Â Kusalananda
May 8 at 4:58

@Kusalananda honestly, I might delete this question, this new question is better: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/442461/â€¦
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:59

add a commentÂ |Â

yeah that doesn't seem to work. If i run tail -f bar I don't seem to get any data there.
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:40

Are you asking for something very different from foo >bar?
â€“Â Kusalananda
May 8 at 4:58

@Kusalananda honestly, I might delete this question, this new question is better: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/442461/â€¦
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:59

yeah that doesn't seem to work. If i run tail -f bar I don't seem to get any data there.
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:40

Are you asking for something very different from foo >bar?
â€“Â Kusalananda
May 8 at 4:58

@Kusalananda honestly, I might delete this question, this new question is better: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/442461/â€¦
â€“Â Alexander Mills
May 8 at 4:59

add a commentÂ |Â

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This technique will probably do the trick:
Using process substitution, only send stderr to process

Basically, you call:

exec > $some_file

using process substitution, you can do something like:

exec > >( while read line; do echo " stdout: $line"; done )

that means that all stdout will go to that file instead of to the terminal.

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This technique will probably do the trick:
Using process substitution, only send stderr to process

Basically, you call:

exec > $some_file

using process substitution, you can do something like:

exec > >( while read line; do echo " stdout: $line"; done )

that means that all stdout will go to that file instead of to the terminal.

answered May 8 at 4:50

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This technique will probably do the trick:
Using process substitution, only send stderr to process

Basically, you call:

exec > $some_file

using process substitution, you can do something like:

exec > >( while read line; do echo " stdout: $line"; done )

that means that all stdout will go to that file instead of to the terminal.

answered May 8 at 4:50

Alexander Mills

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This technique will probably do the trick:
Using process substitution, only send stderr to process

Basically, you call:

exec > $some_file

using process substitution, you can do something like:

exec > >( while read line; do echo " stdout: $line"; done )

that means that all stdout will go to that file instead of to the terminal.

answered May 8 at 4:50

Alexander Mills

1,885929

This technique will probably do the trick:
Using process substitution, only send stderr to process

Basically, you call:

exec > $some_file

using process substitution, you can do something like:

exec > >( while read line; do echo " stdout: $line"; done )

that means that all stdout will go to that file instead of to the terminal.

answered May 8 at 4:50

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answered May 8 at 4:50

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