Re: Git commands



Op zaterdag 24-07-2010 om 20:54 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Matej
Urban:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Wouter Bolsterlee <wbolster gnome org> wrote:
> > Perhaps git writes to stderr instead? Try this:
> >
> >  $ git pull 2>&1 | tail -n1
> >
> > ...instead.
> 
> I have no idea what 2>&1 stands for, but it works!
> I successfully combined it with egrep to do the job.

2>&1 means that the stderr (file descriptor 2) gets redirected (>) to
stdout (file descriptor &1), so that subsequent programs (e.g. grep)
actually see the input when your shell pipes git's stdout into grep's
stdin.

> Really big thanks!

You're welcome.

    — Wouter

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