From rjpower@washington.edu Sun Aug 19 21:03:39 2001
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From: "Russell Power" <rjpower@washington.edu>
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References: <014501c1292b$fe920700$289fdcc0@bk2>
Subject: Re: Moving data at the command line.
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 21:02:31 -0700
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I think most linux distros default to the bash shell - so I'll talk about
it.

Wait - this page explains it all better then I can -

http://cnswww.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashref.html#SEC17

Hmm - perhaps that's a little too much information.. here goes - .

command1 | command2     -    pipes the result of the first command to the
second
command1 || command2     - runs command2 iff command1 returns a non-zero
result
command1 && command2 - runs command2 iff command1 returns zero
command1&    -    execute the command asynchrously (in the background)

command1 > file    -    redirect the output of the command into file
command1 < file    -    read the file as the commands input

HTH,

--russell


----- Original Message -----
From: Nathan Flint
To: UW Linux Group
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:55 PM
Subject: Moving data at the command line.


Hey,

I'm looking for information on using the command prompt thingys, > < & &&
and |, and what they actually do.

-Nate

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