ksh echo to stderr for specific statements

Question

I have the following shell script that echos output to the log and errors to err_file. However, I specifically want to echo some statements to stderr. Pls help ``` #!/bin/ksh echo "paramPassed: $0 $#" err_file="error_file.txt" new_file="new_file.txt" exec >> ${new_file} #exec >> ${new_file} 2>${err_file} #exec >> ${new_file} 2>&1 if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then username=$1 fi userInfo=$(paramInfo ${username} | awk -F: '{print $2}') echo ${userInfo} rcp ${err_file} mtvst32:/rcs/ver34/${err_file} if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then #This doesn't work. Need the following to go to console echo "UserInfo.SH FAILED copy to mtvst32" >> &2; fi ``` I wish to send the output of the last if condition to std err however, couldn't figure out how to do.

Accepted Answer

I suspect that you're getting an error message. It would have been helpful if you posted it. However, this is likely to fix your problem:

```
echo "UserInfo.SH FAILED copy to mtvst32" >&2
```

Remove the space and one of the `>`.

ksh echo to stderr for specific statements

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