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