The Power of the Pipe: Chaining Linux Commands for Efficiency

One of the most powerful and elegant features of the Linux command line is the pipe, represented by the vertical bar: |. It looks simple, but this little symbol is the secret weapon for turning a handful of small, simple commands into a single, powerful tool. What Does the Pipe (|) Do? In the simplest terms, the pipe takes the output of one command and feeds it directly as the input to a second command. ...

October 1, 2025 · 3 min · Ashish Kushwaha