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This article tries to list all special characters and their meanings.
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Character | Description | Articles |
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| | pipeline | What are Redirection Operators in Dos with example and how-to? |
> | stdout | What are Redirection Operators in Dos with example and how-to? |
< | stdin | What are Redirection Operators in Dos with example and how-to? |
2> | stderr | What are Redirection Operators in Dos with example and how-to? |
>> | append | What are Redirection Operators in Dos with example and how-to? |
& | duplicate handle or control operator | Redirection Handle or DOS - (Control Operators | Command Separator) |
% | Argument modifier | Argument Modifiers |
% | Variable call | % |
% | Escape Character | escape a percentage |
&& | AND control operator | DOS - (Control Operators | Command Separator) |
|| | OR control operator | DOS - (Control Operators | Command Separator) |
() | GROUPING control operator | DOS - (Control Operators | Command Separator) |
@ | at symbol | suppresses printing the command invocation. See echo#@ |
. | Point | The point and the bracket are used to print a blank line. See Dos - Echo |
[ | Bracket | The point and the bracket are used to print a blank line. See Dos - Echo |
: | colon (KOH-lon) | a drive-letter designator (C: means the C drive) or a label designator |
^ | escape all character except % |
The special characters that require quotes are:
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