Name of | symbol: thanks!

Subject: Name of | symbol: thanks!
From: "Percy G.F. Balemans" <Percy_Balemans -at- INFORMAAT -dot- NL>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:12:46 +0200

Thanks everybody for your answers!

To summarize: the | symbol is called the 'pipe symbol' in UNIX. For general
use, most people suggested 'vertical bar' which seems to be the most
appropriate term in my text.

Percy Balemans
Technical editor
The Netherlands

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