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find “$(echo $HOME > variable_holder.txt && cat variable_holder.txt)/$(cat alphabet.txt | grep “d”) $(cat alphabet.txt | grep “o”)$(cat alphabet.txt | grep “c”)$(cat alphabet.txt | grep “s”)”
This is the easiest method
no
eval?when you're paid by character written
@ilega_dh You don't need
catin cases whengrep "d" alphabet.txtcan read from file too. Edit: But obviously your comment was more of a joke to over complicate it. So never mind then.To be safe, should probably output grep to a file, then cat that.
Agreed. Everything in Linux is a file so let’s keep it that way.
What should I search to better understand what is written here? Don't mind learning myself, just looking for the correct keywords. Thanks!
Read the Bash manual. That one patter on the GP is called "Command Substitution", you can search for it.
Thanks!
ExplainShell should help
This comment is a joke and you wouldn't want to do it like that in reality, but here are some related keywords you could look up: "Unix cat", "Unix pipeline", "grep", "output redirection", "command substitution".
Perfect, I have some light reading for the evening!