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A pipe is an operating system mechanism
originating in Unix, which allows the user to direct the output of one shell command through another command. See Pipe (Unix).
Pipe or vertical bar
("|" or "¦") is the name of the ASCII character at
position 124 (decimal). The pipe character is depicted as either a solid vertical bar or a vertical bar with a break in the
middle (broken bar). The character is usually depicted as a broken bar on IBM PC keyboards to distinguish it from other characters.
See pipe for other uses of the word.
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