Re: Git commands

[Matej Urban <matej urban gmail com>]

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Wouter Bolsterlee <wbolster gnome org> wrote:
> 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.


Well, I'm more on the concrete side of understanding this :)

Thanks,

Matej
>
>> Really big thanks!
>
> You're welcome.
>
>    — Wouter
>