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I did a search and didn't find what I was looking for. I finally found a beginners UNIX book that I like. I am going through some examples and I notice output is generated in the home folder. I am using OS X. I keep all my code on my desktop in a folder called code for all my programming assignments and practice. C,C++...etc.

So my question is, how do I do a file redirect from the terminal to create a file in a specific folder? If I type:

cal 2011 > cal2011

it creates a file called cal2011 to my home folder. How do I write at the terminal without changing directories (the initial command prompt) to save it to:

desktop/code/unix

Thank you for the help. I am still new at this...

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Assuming you are in your homedir, the relative path works.

cal 2011 > desktop/code/unix/cal2011

If you aren't, you can use the ~ to denote your homedir

cal 2011 > ~/desktop/code/unix/cal2011
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cal 2011 > /home/<user name>/folder/filename.txt

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cal 2011 > ~/folder/filename.txt
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That won't work. You can't redirect to a directory... you need a filename like ~/folder/some_file. – Mark Jul 5 '11 at 23:13
That's obhious ... right; I was just showing how can we redirect to any specified folder. Anyways, edited. – Rahul Jul 5 '11 at 23:23
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Not all Unix-based systems (e.g., Mac OS X, used by the OP) place users' home directories in /home/username, and so using a tilde is far more portable. – jwodder Jul 6 '11 at 0:15
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