basic Linux operators
Symbol / Operator
Description
&
This operator allows you to run commands in the background of your terminal.
&&
This operator allows you to combine multiple commands together in one line of your terminal.
>
This operator is a redirector - meaning that we can take the output from a command (such as using cat to output a file) and direct it elsewhere.
>>
This operator does the same function of the >
operator but appends the output rather than replacing (meaning nothing is overwritten).
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