For example #ls 2>&1 > ls.log What is actually mean by 2>&1?? Since every shell process has there own descriptor :: 0 (stdin), 1 (stdout) and 2 (stderr) :: and & in the front of &1 indicated that 1 is not a file or folder, it is a descriptor. The > mean redirect the out put to another descriptors or files. in this…
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HowTo: force umount a busy device in linux
When you try to umount the regular way, if a device is busy you’ll get the following : dev:/# umount /dev/sda1 umount2: Device or resource busy umount: /boot: device is busy This can be solver very easy by entering this : dev:/# umount -l /dev/sda1