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Swap stdout and stderr, log stderr to a file (BASH)
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swap_stderr.sh
#!/bin/bash
test() {
echo "Standard out"
echo "Standard error" >&2
}
tmpfile=`mktemp`
test 3>&1 4>&2 2>&3- 1>&4- | tee $tmpfile
cat $tmpfile
rm $tmpfile
# Result:
# Standard out
# Standard error
# Standard error
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