From: Lynne Williams Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:28:15 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update shell_cheatsheet.md X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ade110fcb5c228672b680df45f318450fb5d0612;p=swc-workshop.git Update shell_cheatsheet.md --- diff --git a/shell_cheatsheet.md b/shell_cheatsheet.md index 5c8f1f3..56dad1f 100644 --- a/shell_cheatsheet.md +++ b/shell_cheatsheet.md @@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ Redirection operators can be used to redirect the ouput from a program from the #### b.1) How to use the output of one command as the input to another with a pipe... A special kind of redirection is called a pipe and is denoted by `|`. + | Command | Description | |---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `|` | Output from one command line program can be used as input to another one (e.g. `ls *.md | head` gives you the first 5 `*.md` files in your directory) | -| | | -* Combining single-purpose filters with pipes is the most productive way to use the shell... - * a program conforms that to Unix conventions, it can easily be combined with others... + + Example: