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# 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).          |