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
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.
” | ” is definitely called a “pipe symbol.”