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the or letter doesn't work in the terminal "||"

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the or letter doesn't work in the terminal "||"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you please give an example.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

What is the output of the following commands:

ls || whoami
uname -a
lsb_release -crid
ls nonexistingfile || whoami

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omayma (omayma-gomaa) said : 		#3

My question was that i can't write this letter (|)
for example if i want to write
log-file.log | grep"error"

in the terminal appears like this
 log-file.log > grep"error"

note my Ubuntu on virtual machine

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

In that case you seem to have a Problem with your keyboard settings.
If you check your keyboard settings, does this correctly describe your hardware?

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omayma (omayma-gomaa) said : 		#5

how can i do this ?

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

click on the cog wheel icon in the top right corner, select system settings and then text entry. This should show the code of the used keyboard layout. What is it, and what layout is your keyboard?

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omayma (omayma-gomaa) said : 		#7

ya thank you it was english (us ) but when i added english (uk ,extended winkey)
it worked!!

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omayma (omayma-gomaa) said : 		#8

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.