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