Delimiters and special characters
Delimiters and special characters
for conman lists characters
having special meanings in conman commands:
Char. | Description |
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& | Command delimiter. See Setting up the conman command-line program. |
+ | A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an attribute the object
must have. For example:
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~ | A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an attribute the object
must not have. For example:
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; | Argument delimiter. For example:
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, | Repetition and range delimiter. For example:
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= | Value delimiter. For example:
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:! | Command prefixes that pass the command on to the
system. These prefixes are optional; if conman does not recognize
the command, it is passed automatically to the system. For example:
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* | Comment prefix. The prefix must be the first character
on a command line or following a command delimiter. For example:
or
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> | Redirects command output to a file and overwrites
the contents of that file. If the file does not exist, it is created.
For example:
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>> | Redirects command output to a file and appends
the output to the end of that file. If the file does not exist, it
is created. For example:
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| | Pipes command output to a system command or process.
The system command is run whether or not output is generated. For
example:
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|| | Pipes command output to a system command or process.
The system command is not run if there is no output. For example:
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