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These are symbols that you can use at the Unix shell prompt as part of a command.
Symbol
Meaning
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a Unix pipe
>
redirect standard output
<
redirect standard input
>>
redirect and append standard output
;
separate commands on same line
( )
group commands on same line
/
separator in a pathname
~
(tilde) your home directory
~john
the home directory of the user john
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present working directory
..
parent of present working directory
*
Wildcard match of any number of charcters in a filename
?
Wildcard match of exactly one character in a filename
[ ]
Wildcard match of any one character enclosed in these brackets in a filename
&
process command in background
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