Shell command doesn't give feedback until done

[Alex Tweedly]

Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> If anyone can explain the "2>&1" section of the command, I would be  
> most interested :-)
> It seems to be critical but I have no idea why!
>
It's used to redirect the *error* output from a command.  Simply ">" 
redirects standard output, and "2>" redirects any error output. Google  
"error output redirect" for more info than anyone could possibly want :-)


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