Re: OT What is this symbol?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



linuxmaillists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> This is a pipe | but what is this │ and how do you create 
> it?
> 

It is meant to be a pipe as well.  The man pages are in troff format and for
some reason they used the │ to represent |.

You can prove that to yourself by going to the man page and try using │ with
the definitions given.  You'll find it won't work....but | will.

-- 
lp1 on fire
(One of the more obfuscated kernel messages)


[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux