BASH tput error on stderr redirection

Question

Writing a function that should display errors on terminal and save them to stderr

die () {
echo "$(tput setaf 1) ERROR: $*. Aborting...  $(tput sgr 0)" > &2 
exit 1 
}

unfortunately this will generate

syntax error near unexpected token `&'
`    echo "$(tput setaf 1) ERROR: $*. Aborting...  $(tput sgr 0)" > &2 '

I understood it was because of the tput but I am not able to figure out why.

I do not really care to have colors in my stderr but I would like to keep them on the display.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '15 at 12:16

1

Redirection to stderr is done by >&2 - with no whitespace.

answered Oct 01 '15 at 12:16

pacholik

Yes, shame on me... I am always doing this kind of errors with shell scripting. – melisc Oct 01 '15 at 12:44

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