Re: redirection after braced block

[Andreas Schwab]

clemens fischer <ino-news@spotteswoode.dnsalias.org> writes:

> I have the following construct in a script:
>
>   ... a number of commands
>   {
>       ... a number of commands
>   } 2>&1 | ${prog_log} "${logfile}"
>
> It seems anything inside the braces is not seen by bash, and it doesn't
> show up in a "sh -x ..." trace, but ${prog_log} does.  I had debug
> echo's at the start of the block, they aren't triggered.

The trace goes to stderr, but you've just redirected it.

Andreas.

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