tee:tldr:467d4

This command is a combination of several commands that are being connected using pipes.

Let's break it down step by step:

1. echo "example": This simply prints the string "example" to the standard output.

2. |: This is a pipe operator, which takes the output from the previous command and passes it as the input to the next command.

3. tee: Tee is a command that reads from the standard input and writes to both the standard output and files. In this case, it takes the input from the previous command, which is "example", and sends it to multiple destinations.

4. >(xargs mkdir): This is a process substitution syntax. It creates an output file descriptor that represents the output of a command. Here, the command is xargs mkdir. xargs reads from the standard input and executes a command using the input as arguments. In this case, it takes the input from tee (which is "example") and creates a directory with that name.

5. >(wc -c): Similarly, this is another process substitution that takes the input from tee and uses it as the input for the wc -c command. wc -c counts the number of characters in its input.

So, in summary, the command echos the string "example", passes it to tee, which then creates a directory with that name using xargs mkdir, and also counts the number of characters in the input using wc -c.