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Old 01-27-2009
What do you call the > thingy in context of the shell?
I can't for the life of me remember what the name is for ">"
My mentor told it to me 20 years ago and I can't remember it now. I know we like to call it re-direct, but there was a name othere than that he used.
During a recent training session, someone cut and paste from a file that just happened to have the prompt included >./runthisscript.sh
yep, zero'd out the script. I want to discuss this tomorrow in class. Does anyone know what this might have been called back in the day?

Thanks
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Old 01-28-2009
I just call it the "greater than" sign.
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Old 01-28-2009
Isn't it called the "redirectional operator"?
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Old 01-28-2009
It's the output redirector. I wonder what Bourne called it. We old-timers say "bang" for !, "dollar" for $, "pound" or "hash" or "comment symbol" for "#". But in fact, I've only been around UNIX since the late 80's, so I may not be familiar with the ancient nomenclature.
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Old 01-28-2009
I've always called the > symbol a 'goesinter' but not sure if that's a old-timer saying or just something I picked up along the path of life.
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Old 01-28-2009
See: Coding Horror: ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers
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Old 01-29-2009
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Originally Posted by Perderabo
Interesting read. Thanks Perderabo!
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