BASH redirection reference

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#!/bin/bash

# redirect stdout to file
cmd > file
# redirect stderr to file
cmd 2> file
# redirect both stderr and stdout to file
cmd >& file
# pipe cmd1's stdout to cmd2's stdin
cmd1 | cmd2
# pipe cmd1's stdout and stderr to cmd2's stdin
cmd1 2>&1 | cmd2
# print cmd1's stdout to screen and also write to file
cmd1 | tee file
# print stdout and stderr to screen while writing to file
cmd1 2>&1 | tee file
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