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Created August 14, 2013 17:35
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Using grep against STDERR
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gistfile1.txt
# This error goes to STDERR
$ asdfasdf
-bash: asdfasdf: command not found
# We redirect STDERR to STDOUT, but STDOUT to null, so we can use grep against STDERR
$ asdfasdf 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -q not ; echo $?
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