From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jan 25 19:42:32 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3881916A400
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:42:32 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu)
Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu
	[140.142.32.134])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5AD13C455
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:42:32 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu)
Received: from hymn07.u.washington.edu (hymn07.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.53])
	by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP
	id l0PJgVjW017059
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO)
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:42:31 -0800
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by hymn07.u.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP
	id l0PJgVeT024068
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:42:31 -0800
X-Auth-Received: from [192.55.52.4] by hymn07.u.washington.edu via HTTP;
	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:42:31 PST
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:42:31 -0800 (PST)
From: youshi10@u.washington.edu
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0701251142310.18233@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055,
	Antispam-Data: 2007.1.25.112933
X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CT 0,
	__CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0,
	__MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0'
Subject: [OT] What does this pipe do?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:42:32 -0000

Thank you everyone for the responses. It has been quite educating :).

One other question though.. is ksh like the swiss army knife of all shells? Seems kind of odd that it supports both bourne shell constructs and (t)csh constructs.

Thanks again!
-Garrett