Redirect error msg from "more" command?

[new2unix]

Hi,

On the command line when issuing the following command:

more *.txt

Sometimes error msg may show up indicating certain soft-linked .txt files actually does not exist:

"file1.txt: A file or directory in the path name does not exist."

Is it possible to redirect this error output to a file so I can see exactly which soft-linked file are missing?

I tried:

more *.txt 2> missing_file.log

But that doesn't seem to work. A 0 byte missing_file.log was created without the error message ever writen to this log file.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[aixmurderer]

Worked for me in Cygwin...
Sorry, no "real" *nix to try it out at this moment.

IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
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[bigoldbulldog]

What shell are you using?

In c-shell you have to do something bogus like

(more *.txt > /dev/tty) >& missing_file.log
Cheers,
ND

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