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The "|" character is know as a pipe and is used to redirect the output of one command as input to another command.
The "cut" command is a utility that allows you to extract specific columns or fields from a text file or output.
The "-c" option of the cut command specifies the character positions or range of characters to extract from each line. So "cut -c3" extract the third character from each line of the input.
whileread lines;doecho$lines| cut -c3
done
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The "|" character is know as a pipe and is used to redirect the output of one command as input to another command.
The "cut" command is a utility that allows you to extract specific columns or fields from a text file or output.
The "-c" option of the cut command specifies the character positions or range of characters to extract from each line. So "cut -c3" extract the third character from each line of the input.