Bash STDOUT

I'm writing a script, and it's just about finished. Thing is, it calls a lot of sub-processes that spit terminal output to the screen. Now, I've figured out that you stop this with


exec 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null

but I want to periodically re-enable STDOUT so I can echo updates about what the program is doing.

Any of you /prog/ geezers know what I should do?

Any and all answers appreciated. [spoiler]Yes, even you who is going to post REDIRECT MY ANUS.

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