How to append output of “python --version” to a file in bash shell?

Question

I\'m trying to write a short script to log certain environment variables of my current shell session to file. Unfortunately the output of \"python --version\" seems to ignor

Answer 1

a simpler solution is:

python --version 2>> path.log

Answer 2

python --version outputs to STDERR.

You need to merge STDERR into STDOUT:

python --version >> path.log 2>&1

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For reference, you can verify such behavior by saying:

$ python --version 1>/dev/null
Python 2.7.4

The STDOUT in the above example was redirected to /dev/null. This would imply that the output is being sent to STDERR.