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The command echo "${hello, world}" | cowsay
is a combination of the echo
command and the cowsay
command.
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echo
is a command in Unix-like operating systems that is used to display text or variables to the terminal. In this case,"${hello, world}"
is the argument provided toecho
. The double quotes are used to include the whole string as a single argument. -
The expression
${hello, world}
is using brace expansion in the shell. It expands to two words: "hello" and "world". The comma inside the braces represents the expansion operator. -
The
|
symbol is a pipe operator that links the output of theecho
command to the input of thecowsay
command. It allows the output of one command to be used as the input for another command. -
cowsay
is a program that generates ASCII art of a cow with a speech bubble containing the input text. It takes the input from theecho
command and displays the ASCII art in the terminal.
So, when you run echo "${hello, world}" | cowsay
, it will display the ASCII art of a cow saying "hello world".