Re: keeping tar quiet in script



What about the classical "1> /dev/null 2>&1"?

This probably has identical behavior identical to &> /dev/null, but is
longer to type.
&>/dev/null seems less portable. Here I have bash and dash, and &>/dev/null
does not work under dash. "1> /dev/null 2>&1" works everywhere.

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