Symbols Index

Appendix C Symbols Index

Symbol	Description	Location
$$$	dollar sign - preceeds shell variable names to obtain value	Paragraph
$/$	root directory - topmost directory in Linux-style OS	Paragraph
$\tilde{}$	tilde - home directory symbol	Paragraph
$.$	dot - current directory	Paragraph
$. .$	double dot - parent directory symbol	Paragraph
$> o r >>$	single or double greater than - output redirection	Paragraph
$<$	less than - input redirection	Paragraph
$\|$	pipe - redirect input to output	Paragraph
$*$	asterisk - wildcard for zero or more characters	Paragraph
$?$	question mark - wildcard for single character	Paragraph
$\tilde{}$	tilde - temporary file symbol	Paragraph
$#$	pound symbol - begins single line comment in shell script	Item
$/$	foward slash - avoids recursivity	Item
$/$	forward slash - specifies a directory	Item
$!$	exclamation point - negates	Item
$[-]$	brackets - encloses characters	Paragraph
$*$	asterisk - matches zero or more characters	Paragraph
$* *$	double asterisk - matches nested directories	Paragraph
$∖$	backslash - escape character	Paragraph
$@$	at symbol - used to tag a username	Paragraph

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