diff --git a/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp b/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
index 15c469022..161a850bc 100644
--- a/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
+++ b/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ iocshBody (const char *pathname, const char *commandLine)
             redirects[0].name = NULL;
             if (openRedirect(filename, lineno, redirects) < 0)
                 continue;
+            startRedirect(filename, linenot, redirects);
             iocshBody(commandFile, NULL);
             continue;
         }