Redirection - CI/CD Glossary Definition

Redirection sends a process stream to or from a file or another descriptor using operators like >, >>, <, and 2>. For example command > out.log 2>&1 captures both stdout and stderr.

In CI

Redirect noisy output to a file you upload as an artifact, then print only a summary to keep logs readable. Note > truncates while >> appends; mixing them up overwrites logs you meant to keep.

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