Why does
exec >somefile
return immediately, while
exec 2>somefile
doesn't and hang on indefinitely? Thanks.
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... but fails to ask, let alone answer, why keyboard input appears to stop working, and thus the "hang". – JdeBP Jun 01 '18 at 14:30
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It doesn't hang. If you're running interactively, and you look inside somefile, you'll see your prompt. STDERR is where bash writes the prompt to.
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