gist:tldr:711c4

gist: Read contents from `stdin` and create a gist from it.

${echo

$ ${echo "hello world"} | gist

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This command consists of two parts, separated by the pipe (|) symbol.

${echo "hello world"}: This part utilizes a shell variable expansion syntax (${}) to execute the echo command with the argument "hello world". The echo command is used to display text on the console.
| gist: The pipe operator (|) is used to redirect the output of the first part to the command gist. gist is a command-line utility that enables you to easily create gists (code snippets) on the GitHub Gist service (https://gist.github.com/).

In summary, this command prints the text "hello world" to the console and then pipes (redirects) that output to the gist command, which would likely upload the text as a gist to GitHub Gist, providing you with a URL for the uploaded code snippet.

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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