• Registered: 2008-12-22
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Topic: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

Hi I was trying to write the following  to terminal without cut and paste
$ dmesg | grep -e rt2 -e wlan
But  I could not  find the symbol | after the dmesg on my keyboard. I googled it . Unsuccessfully. Now  I guess it is time to ask smile
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by polarb (2010-03-22 20:25:02)

  • From: Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Registered: 2010-01-12
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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

On my keyboard (a standard US English one), the "|" symbol is located on the same key as the "\" symbol, right above the "ENTER" key, to the right of the "]" key, and below the "BACKSPACE" key. Hope that helps.

If for some reason you don't have that key, you can usually copy and paste into a terminal using ctrl+c & ctrl+v.

  • From: Ontario, Canada
  • Registered: 2009-06-29
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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

also its called the pipe. You generally use it to 'pipe' data to an application.  Alternatively, it can make an awesome sailor hat for an emoticon... <|:D

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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

Sometimes you have to search and search to find a symbol like that if you're on a different keyboard layout. (mine's Japanese) roll

btw, terminals often have different keyboard shortcuts - to paste on Terminator you need Ctrl+Shift+v, on urxvt and some others it's Shift+Insert.

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  • From: Ontario, Canada
  • Registered: 2009-06-29
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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

johnraff wrote:

Sometimes you have to search and search to find a symbol like that if you're on a different keyboard layout. (mine's Japanese) roll

btw, terminals often have different keyboard shortcuts - to paste on Terminator you need Ctrl+Shift+v, on urxvt and some others it's Shift+Insert.

Scroll wheel click or middle mouse button usually works too.

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  • Registered: 2008-12-22
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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

samoflange wrote:

On my keyboard (a standard US English one), the "|" symbol is located on the same key as the "\" symbol, right above the "ENTER" key, to the right of the "]" key, and below the "BACKSPACE" key. Hope that helps.

If for some reason you don't have that key, you can usually copy and paste into a terminal using ctrl+c & ctrl+v.

Thanks for the advise. It worked.   Now  I can make a sailor's  hat too <|:D

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  • Registered: 2008-11-20
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Re: (Solved) Need help for a newbee question.

polarb wrote:

Thanks for the advise. It worked.   Now  I can make a sailor's  hat too <|:D

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