What do you call the > thingy in context of the shell?


 
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Old 01-29-2009
Thanks for that link Perderabo, zap is what he used to say. "zap the file". Now I can stop thinking about it.
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Old 01-30-2009
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Originally Posted by theninja
Thanks for that link Perderabo, zap is what he used to say. "zap the file". Now I can stop thinking about it.
I like that Smilie
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