CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

The correct command is bash net_check.sh > net_report.log. In Bash, standard output is represented by file descriptor 1, and standard error is file descriptor 2. The > operator redirects standard output to a file. If the file descriptor is not specified, > defaults to redirecting standard output (file descriptor 1). Therefore, > net_report.log is equivalent to 1> net_report.log. This command redirects only the standard output to net_report.log and overwrites the file if it already exists, leaving standard error to be displayed on the terminal. The command bash net_check.sh 2> net_report.log incorrectly redirects only standard error (file descriptor 2) to the file. The command bash net_check.sh &> net_report.log is a shorthand that redirects both standard output and standard error to the file. The command bash net_check.sh >> net_report.log incorrectly appends the standard output to the file instead of overwriting it.