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Each line read by bash from command line is interpreted as a [[Bash_Concepts#Pipeline|pipeline]]: a sequence of commands separated by the [[Bash_Concepts#.7C|pipe character (|)]].
Each line read by bash from command line is interpreted as a [[Bash_Concepts#Pipeline|pipeline]]: a sequence of commands separated by the [[Bash_Concepts#.7C|pipe character (|)]].


Each command is split into tokens that separated by metacharacters.
Each command is split into tokens that separated by [[Bash_Concepts#Metacharacters|metacharacters]].

Revision as of 23:52, 8 September 2017

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Overview

Each line read by bash from command line is interpreted as a pipeline: a sequence of commands separated by the pipe character (|).

Each command is split into tokens that separated by metacharacters.