Redirection of output: > vs >>

• A redirect sends a channel of output to a file.

• You can redirect a file as input to a command using < and << (not looked at).

Using pipe “|’

• A pipe passes standard output as the standard input to another command

Examples of the form: 

• View a text file and pipe to grep.

• Cat a list and sort by line.

• Sort and then find unique items.

• View folder contents and look for a specifically named name.