Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide

Redirecting output

Suppose you've developed your resume and spell-checked it. As you learned in the previous section, the results you see onscreen will be the output of the last command—in this case, a list of misspelled words. A lot of times, you'll want to redirect the final output to another location, such as to a file or a printer (if a printer is an option for you), rather than viewing it onscreen. You can do this using redirection, which sends the final output to somewhere other than your screen.

As shown in Code Listing 1.6, you will often redirect output results to a file. Notice the greater-than symbol (>), which indicates that the output of the program is to be redirected to the location (or file name) you specify after the symbol. ...