Redirects

Redirection allows input and output of commands to be sent to files instead of the screen. It is used to save results or read data from a file.

Symbol	Description	Example
>	Redirect output to a file (overwrite)	ls > list.txt
>>	Append output to a file	echo "data" >> notes.txt
<	Read input from a file	sort < names.txt
2>	Redirect errors to a file	ls /root 2> error.log