bash special characters Flashcards
1
Q
special characters
user home directory
A
~
2
Q
special characters
escape
A
\
3
Q
special characters
identifies a var
A
$
4
Q
special characters
single character ‘wildcard’
A
?
5
Q
special characters
0 to n wildcards
A
*
6
Q
special characters
send a process to the background
A
&
7
Q
special characters
execute second command only if first is successful
A
&&
8
Q
special characters
pipe for sending command output to another command
A
|
9
Q
special characters
execute second command only if first is unsuccessful
A
||
10
Q
special characters
executes multiple commands on the same line
A
;
11
Q
special characters
defines a range of characters (numbers of letters)
A
[]
12
Q
special characters
redirect standard output to a file
A
>
13
Q
special characters
redirect standard input into a program
A
<
