How to redirect stdout and stderr separately?

To redirect standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) separately in Bash, you can use the following syntax:

Example:

command > output.txt 2> error.txt

Breakdown:

• command: The command you want to run.
• > output.txt: Redirects stdout to output.txt.
• 2> error.txt: Redirects stderr to error.txt. The 2 refers to the file descriptor for stderr.

Combined Example:

If you want to run a command and redirect stdout to one file and stderr to another, you can do it like this:

./my_script.sh > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt

In this example:

• Any normal output from my_script.sh will go to stdout.txt.
• Any error messages will go to stderr.txt.

This way, you can handle the outputs separately for better debugging and logging.