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