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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