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Asked: 2026-06-09T02:05:49+00:00

I want to capture into my bash script (in a variable) the output of

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I want to capture into my bash script (in a variable) the output of some command that prints its output to terminal. I have tried the following: 

TEST_OUT=`the_command ARG1`   #Nope

#Putting the line "the_command ARG1" into a separate script, testing2.sh,

TEST_OUT=$(./testing2.sh)   #Nope

testing2.sh
TEST_OUT=$?  #Nope

I am 100% sure that when I run… 

> the_command ARG1

…in a terminal, it prints to the terminal exactly the information I want to capture.

Thank you for any help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If the output is being sent to stderr, you’ll need to redirect that to stdout before it can be capture in your var. Try: 

    TEST_OUT=$(the_command ARG1 2>&1)
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