how to redirect verbose to file?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 28Apr2010 15:55, m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
| Anne wrote:
| > I'm struggling with this problem. I have a cron job that runs down a list
| > of files being backed up. It's called "bp_backupme.pl". As it's backing up,
| > (in verbose -v mode), it outputs a list of files being backed up.
| >
| > Does anyone know how I would redirect that files output into a file? (I
| > tried the >> filename.xt or >filename.txt, but it doesn't work.)
| >
| > The script runs like this: /opt/bp_backupme.pl -v
| >
| > I tried the: /opt/bp_backupme.pl -v  > filename.txt
| >
| > But, it just errors out. If I just run the script normally, everything
| > runs smoothly and it lists the files on the screen.
| >
| > Any idea how to grab that file list into a file?
| 
| Yep. It's being written to STDERR, not STDOUT. To get that, use
| /opt/bp_backupme.pl -v > filename.txt 2>&1

Or just a plain:

  2>filename.txt

withoput mucking with stdout at all.

Cheers,
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