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Standard Files (stdin, stdout, stderr) and Redirection

1. What are Standard Files?


Every program in an operating system automatically gets three default data streams:
• stdin – Standard Input
• stdout – Standard Output
• stderr – Standard Error

2. stdin (Standard Input)


stdin is the input stream used by a program.
Example: input() in Python reads from stdin.

Example:
x = input('Enter name: ')
print(x)

3. stdout (Standard Output)


stdout is the stream where a program writes normal output.
Example:
print('Hello World')
This prints to stdout.

4. stderr (Standard Error)


stderr is used to display error messages.
Example:
print(10/0) → this error is sent to stderr.

5. Redirection in Command Line


Redirection allows sending output to files instead of console.

Common redirection operators:


> – Redirect stdout (overwrite)
>> – Redirect stdout (append)
2> – Redirect stderr
&> – Redirect both stdout and stderr

Examples of Redirection
1. Save output to a file:
python [Link] > [Link]

2. Append output to a file:


python [Link] >> [Link]

3. Save only errors to a file:


python [Link] 2> [Link]

4. Save both output and error:


python [Link] &> all_output.txt

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