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by intergrow

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Hey QA's,
When one passes data directly between progs in DOS, UNIX or Linux it is called 'piping', like this '||'.

What is the proper name for '|' and what is the grammatical purpose of this symbol?

RHIK

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by bstei18

That is the pipe or pipe operator. When the pipe operator is placed between two commands it will connect them. The output of one becomes the input of another.

Hope that helps.

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