piping

Bash, the Bourne Again SHell, is the default command-line interpreter on most Linux distributions, as well as macOS. Its powerful features allow users to efficiently manipulate files, run programs, and manage system resources. Two of the most fundamental and powerful features in Bash are piping and redirection. These concepts help users to create robust commands by combining smaller, simpler tools. In this article, we will delve into the basics of both piping and redirection, explain how to use them, and give operation instructions for different package managers including apt, dnf, and zypper. In Bash, a pipe | takes the output of one command and makes it the input for another command.