OT: ^ in redirection (windows)

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello All,

Can someone explain me the difference between:
    echo 1 > 1.txt 2>&1
and
    echo 1 > 1.txt 2>^&1

(Windows XP "cmd" shell)

Both produce 1.txt with the content 1.

(Sadly, I don't know how to search for ^ in google).

Thanks.
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