Tag: Pipe Redirection

How to Use Linux Pipe for Redirection

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Matthew Stevens

Category: Tutorials | Tags: CLI, Command, Command Line, Command Line Interface, Command-line, Commands, Input, Linux, Linux Commands, Named Pipes, Output, Persistent Objects, Pipe, Pipe Command, Pipe Redirection, Redirect, Redirection, Stdin, Stdout, Unnamed Pipes

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A pipe is a form of redirection in Linux used to connect the STDOUT of one command into the STDIN of a second command. It allows us to narrow the output of a string of commands until we have an easily digestible amount of data. The pipe character is the | symbol and is placed between any two commands. Pipes are one of the most used command-line features that Linux has. Every article showing Linux commands will almost inevitably include pipes.

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