Re: Strange issue using curl

Paul Webster wrote: 
> Isn't that what the first & is doing?

pointy56 wrote: 
> In most shells '&> file' redirects both stdout and stderr to file - with
> some (older) shells it will be processed as '&' (send to background) and
> '> file' (redirect stdout to file) - score -1 for consistency :(

I should have said "&> /dev/null just means that any output that the
command produces AND ANY ERROR MESSAGES will be discarded instead of
cluttering the display." But as pointy56 has indicated, it depends on
whether you're using a current version of bash or some cut-down or older
shell.



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