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From: mikeh@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: shell character substitution
Message-ID: <397@haddock.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 23:53:17 EST
Article-I.D.: haddock.397
Posted: Sun Mar 17 23:53:17 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 20-Mar-85 04:00:46 EST
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Nf-From: haddock!mikeh    Mar 17 12:02:00 1985

Hi,
	sh(1) has undocumented alternate pipe character, "^" (carrot,
	ascii 0136).  I think this dates back to the days when people
	used teletype 33's as ttys.  Still, lack of vertical bar will
	frustate C programming.
							Mike Hiller
							Intetactive Systems