From: Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: capture stderr in command substitution
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:47:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210124194750.dtyacd5emjauwxec@sym.noone.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1eb9835c-3911-d4ea-6456-d9ad52ceffea@eastlink.ca>
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:45:31AM -0800, Ray Andrews wrote:
> $ var=$(command)
>
> ... but $var doesn't pick up errors. Can it be forced?
I'd expect
$ var=$(command 2>&1)
to do that.
Kind regards, Axel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-24 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-24 19:45 Ray Andrews
2021-01-24 19:47 ` Axel Beckert [this message]
2021-01-25 15:15 ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-25 15:51 ` Vin Shelton
2021-01-25 16:28 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2021-01-25 21:42 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-25 20:33 ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-25 12:38 ` Stephane Chazelas
2021-01-25 13:18 ` Stephane Chazelas
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