I tried program > outputfile and the errors still came to the screen and did not go to the file. I don't understand the second command. What do you mean by a script? Put the command in a script and then run it? If I do that, I still need a pipe. Rejean Proulx Visit my family at http://interfree.ca MSN is: rejp at rogers.com Ham License VA3REJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: Re: Question About Pipes > Well, I would suggest you use script, as I suggested a few days ago, or a > construct such as the following, might work: > > program > outputfile > > or: > > program 2>&1 > outputfile.txt > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Rejean Proulx wrote: > > > I have a question about pipes. I am running an apxs command which is some > > sort of compile for Apache with a bunch of parameters. It is crapping out > > and I want to capture the errors in a file to get help on it to see what I > > am doing wrong. How to I pipe the command to a file. I think it is > > something with cat but I can't get it to work. > > > > Rejean Proulx > > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > > MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > > Ham License VA3REJ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup