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This bash redirection trick replaces echo | command

The here string is the leaner, more versatile cousin of the here doc.
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Getting help for Linux shell built-ins

Linux built-ins are commands that are built into the shell, much like shelves that are built into a wall. You won’t find them as stand-alone files the way standard Linux commands are stored in ...
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Bash: A primer for more effective use of the Linux bash shell

While Linux systems install with thousands of commands, bash also supplies a large number of “built-ins”—commands that are not sitting in the file system as separate files, but are part of bash itself ...
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Hands On: Learning Monad, the scripting language for Windows Vista

Monad, also known more formally as the MSH Command Shell, is a next generation Windows command shell. Built on top of the .NET Framework, MSH provides a powerful infrastructure for the automation of a ...