var=$(something &2>1) works perfectly and checking $? lets you know the nature of the content of $var Thank you all for the suggestions On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Steven Bailey wrote: > Would var=$(something &2>1) work? > > Thoughts > > On Mar 15, 2011 3:21 PM, "Kevin Fries" wrote: >> On 03/15/2011 04:01 PM, Ben Trussell wrote: >>> This might be helpful (and by that I mean mostly not helpful - you can >>> easily send stderr to a file then input a file into a variable >>> however). >>> >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/962255/redirecting-stderr-to-a-variable-in-a-bash-script >> Also, have you seen this? >> >> >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/bash-input-output-redirect-problem-515156/ >> >> It does a similar process but uses a fifo queue. >> >> Kevin >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss