I'm running a bat file in Command Prompt and want to capture it's output to a text file.
I though "> filename" on the end of the command would redirect to a file, but it writes an empty file.
Any solution ?
Thanks.
You want to use 2>&1> filename. That should capture both error (stderror) and normal output in filename.
For instance:dir c:\*.* 2>&1> c:\users\youraccountname\desktop\outfile.txtSee later @Bree post
Corrected: dir c:\*.* > c:\users\youraccountname\desktop\outfile.txt 2>&1
will place the output of the dir command in the file outfile.txt on your desktop.
If problems, post the contents of the batch file here and we can help get it working.
Last edited by Ztruker; 28 Oct 2018 at 18:33.
Yes I can get a file written with a directory listing, and if I don't specify a path it goes to the same folder (which is ok).
But I cannot get the output sent to the file, it always prints to the console and writes an empty file. My batch file is
ffmpeg.exe -nostats -i u80_258a.mp3 -filter_complex ebur128=peak=true -f null - 2>&1>outputfile9.txt
In the words of the late great Eric Morcombe, you've got all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order...
Try: ffmpeg > output.txt 2>&1
Brilliant! Yes, thanks very much all working now :)
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