4 May
2007
4 May
'07
2:56 p.m.
On 04/05/07, Barrys linux mail bazubuntumail@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Hi really dumb question, still learning about commands for the terminal. please tell me what is the symbol after the word empty and before xargs, is that you hitting the enter key? Barry
No, it's meant to be there. It's a pipe character (or virtual bar):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar
It shares a key on the keyboard with \ and sends the output from one command as an input to another.
HTH,
Peter.