Linux-Redirectors

1. > (Output Redirection):

   • Redirects the standard output (stdout) of a command to a file. If the file exists, it is overwritten.

   
   command > output.txt

2. >> (Append Output):

   • Appends the standard output of a command to a file. If the file doesn't exist, it is created.

   
   command >> output.txt

3. < (Input Redirection):

   • Redirects the standard input (stdin) of a command from a file.

   
   command < input.txt

4. | (Pipe):

   • Redirects the output of one command as the input to another command.

   
   command1 | command2
   
   ls | sort | tee sorted_file_list.tx

5. 2> (Standard Error Redirection):

   • Redirects the standard error (stderr) of a command to a file.

   
   command 2> error.txt

6. 2>> (Append Standard Error):

   • Appends the standard error of a command to a file.

   
   command 2>> error.txt

7. &> (Redirect Standard Output and Error):

   • Redirects both standard output and standard error to a file.

   
   command &> output_and_error.txt

8. 2>&1 (Merge Standard Error with Standard Output):

   • Redirects standard error to the same location as standard output.

   
   command 2>&1

9. /dev/null (Null Device):

   • Discards data. Useful for suppressing output.

   
   command > /dev/null
   
   ls /fake/directory 2> /dev/null

10. tee (Split Output):

    • Reads from standard input and writes to standard output and files simultaneously.

    
    command | tee output.txt
    
    ls | tee peanuts.txt banan.txt