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I have a program that takes a -o log_file option, which writes extra data to log_file.

Is there any way for me to redirect that to stdout?

i.e. is there a "special name" for stdout that can be used as a file name, like CONOUT$ on Windows?

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Usually, programs write automatically to stdout if you don't specify a -o option. In the case you must go through the -o option, you can use -o /dev/stdout.

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Ahhh /dev/stdout is exactly what I needed. Thank you!! :) – Mehrdad Jul 30 '11 at 21:32
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And I won't call that "redirection" but just "direction" :-) – Stéphane Gimenez Jul 30 '11 at 21:32
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Lol whatever you say :) – Mehrdad Jul 30 '11 at 21:34

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