How to make `python2 -V >> myfile` "work"?

Question

I want to automatically record my python version in a computerinfo file. However

python2 -V >> myfile

prints only to the console but not to myfile. How can I get the output into a file?

Curiously, for python3 -- python3 -V >> myfile -- this works as I expected.

I am on Ubuntu 16.04 and I use the bash shell.

You need to redirect stderr, like this : `python2 -V 2>> myfile` — PM 2Ring, Aug 31 '16 at 08:48

Frederico Martins · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-31T10:02:29.100

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There is a bug in python2 -V, that prints the version as stderr instead of stdout. Try to redirect the stderr like:

python2 -V 2>> myfile

edited Aug 31 '16 at 10:02

answered Aug 31 '16 at 08:48

Frederico Martins

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