clamscan:tldr:4577f

clamscan: Scan data from `stdin`.

${command}

$ ${command} | clamscan -

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This command is essentially running two separate commands in sequence, with the output of the first command being used as input for the second command.

The ${command} portion is a placeholder for whatever the actual command or series of commands you want to run. It could be any valid shell command, or even a shell script.

The | character is known as the "pipe" operator in Unix-like systems. It allows you to redirect the standard output (STDOUT) of one command to the standard input (STDIN) of another command.

And finally, clamscan - is the second command being run. In this case, it is the clamscan command, which is a popular open-source antivirus software for UNIX-like systems. The - indicates that clamscan should read its input from the STDIN, which is being piped from the previous command.

To summarize, the command sequence ${command} | clamscan - takes the output of ${command} and redirects it as input to the clamscan command for scanning.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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