Redirecting to /dev/null and a file at the same time

Question

I'm trying to execute the following command: find . -name ".[ch]" | xargs grep -in pattern > file

There are some errors that are printed on stderr because a few files are not found. How can I redirect stdout to a file and stderr to /dev/null/ in the same command?

This command didn't work: find . -name ".[ch]" | xargs grep -in pattern 1> file 2> /dev/null/

The error message: ksh: /dev/null/: cannot create [Is a directory]

Can anyone tell me how I can do this?

Cheers, VSN

Answer 1

You typed /dev/null/ where it should be /dev/null !

find . -name ".[ch]" | xargs grep -in pattern 1> file 2> /dev/null

should work...