I think this[1] is probably what you're looking for. If I'm understainding you correctly, the 2nd example will have mapped 2/stderr to &1 (stdout), before point

I think this[1] is probably what you're looking for. If I'm understainding you correctly, the 2nd example will have mapped 2/stderr to &1 (stdout), before pointing stdout to the file, so you end up with both in the file. [1] http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/redirection#multiple_redirections http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/redirection#multiple_red...