Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netbsd.org> writes:

> Klaus Heinz <k.heinz.aug.zwei@onlinehome.de> wrote:
>  
> >   $ sh
> >   $ bla >/dev/null 2>&1
> >   bla: not found
> 
> Given my understanding of shells and redirection, I can not comprehend
> why 'sh' does _not_ print the error to /dev/null.  It has been
> instructed to do so.

Actually, the shell has been instructed to redirect the output of the
"bla" command to /dev/null. Not its own output.

So it seems semantically correct to me.

 Aymeric