For cygwin, how do I export the output in a terminal into a file?

Question

I'd like to be able to export the output (and error messages) of my cygwin terminal in a file, especially since I have to click a lot of buttons in order to "mark" the stuff in the cygwin terminal (and it's desirable to minimize the amount of clicking I do).

Answer 1

The stderr output of an executable can be redirected to a file with the following syntax:

mycommand 2> error.txt

If you want to redirect stdout (i.e. the regular program output) to the file, the command should be:

mycommand > output.txt

To redirect both the stderr and stdout output to the same file (similar to as seen on terminal), use:

mycommand > output_and_error.txt 2>&1