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1.3.2 Piping ($\vert$)

Sometimes we want to use the output from one program as input to another program. This is achieved with UNIX pipes: 

Someprogram | GMTprogram1 | GMTprogram2 >!  Output-file (or | lp)

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Paul Wessel 2006-05-31