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| ## Combining redirections | ||
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| Multiple redirections can be given at once. |
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| Multiple redirections can be given at once. | |
| Multiple redirection can be given at once. |
I believe this is more correct than using the plural, even here.
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I disagree. Singular sounds weird when following "multiple".
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It does, but it is a single concept, each redirection can be given multiple times.
| * Purpose: Redirects the standard output (stdout) of a command to a file. | ||
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| * If the file doesn't exist, it's created. | ||
| * If the file exists, its contents are overwritten. |
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Is "overwritten" the same as "truncated"? Does overwritten imply that if the existing file in 10k and we write 1 byte, we only modify one byte?
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The effect may be the same, while the work may be less to just overwrite the file. If we were to truncate, we would have to know information about the content of the file. To overwrite it we only need to know the name (the file system handles other technical aspects, such as managing fragmentation, etc.).
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I think that we can leave it as "overwritten" as it is effectively doing that, to completion. The technical details are a little deep and involves the media layer.
| * Purpose: Appends the standard output (stdout) of a command to a file. | ||
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| * If the file doesn't exist, it's created. | ||
| * If the file exists, the output is added to the end of the file. |
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| * If the file exists, the output is added to the end of the file. | |
| * If the file exists, the output is appended to the end of the file. |
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I agree, but "added" is probably generally understood. Either word works, "added" is more common of a word.
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| ### `2>` (Error Redirection): | ||
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| * Purpose: Redirects the standard error (stderr) of a command to a file. |
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| * Purpose: Redirects the standard error (stderr) of a command to a file. | |
| * Purpose: Redirects the standard error (`stderr`) of a command to a file. |
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Singluar "Redirect" being my suggestion, but I like the code formatting of the stderr here.
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