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  • Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
    Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
    9,520 Points

    I don't understand how pipes and redirection

    Posted April 17, 2018 6:32am by Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
    Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
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  • A X
    A X
    12,842 Points

    What are Pipes?

    Posted November 18, 2016 10:35pm by A X
    A X
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  • A X
    A X
    12,842 Points

    What is the point of modifying standard in and standard out to something else?

    Posted November 18, 2016 10:34pm by A X
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  • A X
    A X
    12,842 Points

    What is standard error? What is 2> and how does it relate to standard error?

    Posted November 18, 2016 10:16pm by A X
    A X
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  • A X
    A X
    12,842 Points

    Not understanding the output of $ grep this > hello_grep.txt

    Posted November 18, 2016 10:12pm by A X
    A X
    12,842 Points
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    1 Answer

  • James Barrett
    James Barrett
    13,253 Points

    What exactly has sort done in Jim's example - why is it useful?

    Posted August 22, 2016 9:49am by James Barrett
    James Barrett
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  • Sebastian Eguez
    Sebastian Eguez
    8,248 Points

    hello.txt is NOT working

    Posted July 31, 2016 6:34pm by Sebastian Eguez
    Sebastian Eguez
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  • YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points

    why nothing show up?

    Posted March 30, 2016 6:54pm by YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points
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  • YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points

    pattern

    Posted March 30, 2016 6:51pm by YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points
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    0 Answers

  • YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points

    nothing show up after cat grep_output.txt...

    Posted March 30, 2016 6:16pm by YI JIANG
    YI JIANG
    3,424 Points
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  • Nicholas Franco
    Nicholas Franco
    4,710 Points

    Problem with Console

    Posted January 10, 2016 10:43pm by Nicholas Franco
    Nicholas Franco
    4,710 Points
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  • Unsubscribed User
    Unsubscribed User
    14,547 Points

    Pipe error stream to another program

    Posted November 8, 2015 9:01pm by Unsubscribed User
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  • Kalidh Mohamed
    Kalidh Mohamed
    5,995 Points

    Console freezes when I type the command nano hi.txt | grep "this"

    Posted September 27, 2015 1:00am by Kalidh Mohamed
    Kalidh Mohamed
    5,995 Points
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    3 Answers

  • Alvin Shern
    Alvin Shern
    3,421 Points

    I don't have permission to view hello.txt in these exercises.

    Posted August 18, 2015 10:40am by Alvin Shern
    Alvin Shern
    3,421 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Gary Calhoun
    Gary Calhoun
    10,317 Points

    Need help fixing my console please...

    Posted July 27, 2015 9:40pm by Gary Calhoun
    Gary Calhoun
    10,317 Points
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  • Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points

    Reference guide

    Posted June 22, 2015 4:54pm by Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
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  • Caleb Kleveter
    MOD
    Caleb Kleveter
    Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

    Exiting keyboard input in grep.

    Posted March 24, 2015 4:14pm by Caleb Kleveter
    Caleb Kleveter
    Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
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  • Sam Laithey
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    Sam Laithey
    Courses Plus Student 586 Points

    what is the diffrence between ps aux | grep bash > filename.txt and ps aux | grep bash | sort > filename.txt

    Posted February 17, 2015 7:24am by Sam Laithey
    Sam Laithey
    Courses Plus Student 586 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Jess Claussen
    Jess Claussen
    6,078 Points

    How does grep know what file to look in when we do not specify a file?

    Posted November 22, 2014 3:51pm by Jess Claussen
    Jess Claussen
    6,078 Points
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