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Re: capture stderr in command substitution

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From: Axel Beckert <abe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: capture stderr in command substitution
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:47:50 +0100
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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.

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