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Awhile ago, i pondered what's the name for the | character?
Now, I think there is a "|" conspiracy:
-it has no name
-it has no meaning
-it's even spelled wrong on PC keyboards with the gap in the middle
There's gotta be some coverup on the | character.
Thanks to DaynaGreen214 for the IM conversation that brought this back to life

Posted by: spudart on Jan 19, 03 | 4:25 pm | [2031] Hits | permalink

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I've always called it the "pipe" character, as far as I know - like "piping" the output of a unix command to another unix command (e.g. "cat logfile | wc -l "). Then again, maybe I've spent too much time as a unix geek.

Posted by: Dan on Jan 23, 03 | 4:05 pm

" | " is definitely called a "pipe symbol."

Posted by: Jason L. on Mar 23, 03 | 1:07 am

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