Redirect both stdout and stderr to dev null using > /dev/null 2>&1 for linux commands and scripts
/ tmp ( ) $ cat out_err_redirect_test . sh echo message to stdout echo message to stderr > & 2 / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh message to stdout message to stderr # Message to stdout is redirected to dev null / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh > / dev / null message to stderr # Message to stderr is redirected to dev null / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh 2 > / dev / null message to stdout # Message to stderr and stdout is redirected to dev null / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh > / dev / null 2 > / dev / null # Messaged to stdout is redirected to dev null , and stderr to configured stdout ( implies dev null ) / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh > / dev / null 2 > & 1 # Message to stderr is redirected to stdout ( screen ) and stdout to dev null / tmp ( ) $ bash out_err_redirect_test . sh 2 > & 1 > / dev / null message to stderr