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Chaining commands using operators

The more we use command-line tools, the more we start stringing complex commands together. Sometimes it's for convenience, but other times, the output of one command can be used as input to another. Let's get some hands on practice with this by filling in the correct chain operators for the circumstances described in the instructions below.

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  • 1
    • Use the chain operator that allows csvlook to run first, and if it succeeds, then run csvstat.
  • 2
    • Use the chain operator that to pass the output of csvsort as input to csvlook.
  • 3
    • Use the 2 chain operators that takes the top 15 results from the sorted output and saves it to a new file.