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boxes:tldr:7af50
The command you provided uses the echo
command to display the value of a variable named ${string}
. This value is then piped (using the |
symbol) as input to the boxes
command with some specified options.
Here is a breakdown of each component of the command:
-
echo
: Theecho
command is used to print the value of the${string}
variable to the terminal. -
${string}
: This is a variable placeholder, typically intended to hold a text string. The value of this variable will be displayed by theecho
command. -
|
: The vertical bar (pipe) symbol is used to redirect the output of theecho
command (the value of${string}
) as input to the next command in the pipeline (boxes
in this case). -
boxes
: It is a command-line utility that formats text into various shapes or boxes. In this case, it is used to format the value of${string}
in a specific box shape. -
-s
: This option specifies the size of the box shape thatboxes
should create. The${10}x${5}
argument provided after-s
sets the width and height of the box. The width is set to10
and the height is set to5
.
Overall, the command takes the value of ${string}
, displays it with the echo
command, and then formats it into a box shape using the boxes
command with a specified size of 10x5
.