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Summary

In this chapter, you learned:

  • Running programs, or processes, have three standard communication channels, standard input, standard output, and standard error.

  • You can use I/O redirection to read standard input from a file or write the output or errors from a process to a file.

  • Pipelines can be used to connect standard output from one process to standard input of another process, and can be used to format output or build complex commands.

  • You should know how to use at least one command-line text editor, and Vim is generally installed.

  • Shell variables can help you run commands and are unique to a particular shell session.

  • Environment variables can help you configure the behavior of the shell or the processes it starts.

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