Often I've seen terminal commands that contain a perfectly vertical keyboard character but I can't for the life of me figure out what the keystroke is ?!?!?!
For instance, this terminal command I copied and pasted ...
ls -lct /etc | tail -1 | awk '{print $6, $7}'
What is the keystroke for the vertical line between "etc and tail" and between "-1 and awk" ??
Thank YOU !!!
[SOLVED] What keystroke is this ??
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Re: What keystroke is this ??
AWESOME !!! Thank YOU !!!wyrdoak wrote:On my keyboard it's shift+\
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Re: [SOLVED] What keystroke is this ??
It's called the pipe symbol, by the way.JoeBingo wrote:...the vertical line...
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Thanks for the link for the pipe symbol. I had no idea of it's meaning or purpose.
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You aren't the only one to wonder about this...on my keyboard it's displayed as two short vertical lines one atop the other, which confused me for the longest time. I remember staring down at it for a solid five minutes once and muttering, "Umm, it really isn't here. 'Full-size keyboard' my butt!"
Re: [SOLVED] What keystroke is this ??
Yes, my laptop keyboard shows it with the two short lines but my wireless external keyboard shows the pipe. I guess that is why my typing teacher didn't want you looking at your hand while you type to the point that all the keys in class were blank.eric k wrote:You aren't the only one to wonder about this...on my keyboard it's displayed as two short vertical lines one atop the other, which confused me for the longest time. I remember staring down at it for a solid five minutes once and muttering, "Umm, it really isn't here. 'Full-size keyboard' my butt!"