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From: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Interesting Bourne shell usage, and ^ for pipe
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 12:07:54 EDT
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I always use ^ for a pipe when I'm typing on my keyboard
because it's unshifted, while | is shifted.  When I'm using
a keyboard where they're both shifted, I'll use | since it
is in an easier place to type shifted using one hand.

However, no matter what keyboard I'm using, if I'm putting
a pipe into a shell script in a file, even if it is only
temporary, I use | so I know it will always work in the
future.

	Scott Orshan
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