From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: dos pipes not working
Date: 22 Nov 2000 14:09:43 GMT
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Alex Crowther <alex_crowther AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

> Anyone have a definitive answer as to why dos pipes dont work on
> UK installations of Win98. 

Actually, they do, but there's an easy-to make typing error lurking
there. For some reason way beyond my comprehension, the UK PC keyboard
layout has *two* vertical line characters, on different keys. Only one
of them works as the 'pipe' character. Try the other one (it's a
vertical line with a hole in the middle, IIRC), and watch the
difference. (Or stop using that braindead UK keyboard layout, in the
first place. :-)

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