tee may be your answer. process 2>&1 | tee -a logfile That will redirect stderr to stdout. Then it will pipe stdout through tee. tee will append the output to a file and stdout. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mark Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:31 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: appending both stderr and stdout to a single file Marq wrote: > > ls >> dirlist 2>>&1 > > this will redirect stdout first and then the stderr > > but i need to redirect the both output as it appear in the screen (with out > redirection) Not sure if tee will support stderr, but you *could* process >> rpt 2>>&1 & tail -f rpt mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list