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Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? by ifh-hn on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:49PM (#47174063)
Haha, I'm even more confused now. I have no idea what dup is...
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Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? by jpollock on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:52PM (#47174093)
There are a couple of ways to figure out.

open a terminal (OSX/Linux) and type:

    man dup
open a browser window and search for:

    man dup
Both will bring up the man page for the function call.

To get recursive, you can try:

    man man unix
(the unix is important, otherwise it gives you manly men)
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Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? by Bender on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:57PM (#47174151)
otherwise it gives you manly men

That's only just after midnight [1][2]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE

[2] - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man...

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Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? by ifh-hn on Friday February 27, 2026 @04:04AM (#47178343)
I love that this situation occured.
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Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? by trashb on Friday February 27, 2026 @03:56AM (#47178271)
you may also consider gnu info

  info dup
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