What’s the line in your Command Prompt tips?

I’ve been following your series of tips on using the Command Prompt to make use of hidden features. Some of the tips include a symbol for which I don’t know the name – it’s a kind of vertical line. I have no idea how to type this. I’ d give an example command, but obviously I can’t type the symbol. Yo u used it for the fi rst time in the second tip. What is this symbol and how do I type it into a Command Prompt window? My PC runs Windows 8.1
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This is commonly known as the pipe symbol and, on many keyboards, you’ ll find it above the backslash key. Th at’s the key with the ‘\’ symbol, which is usually just to the left of Z. To type the pipe, just hold down Shift, then tap the backslash key. Alternatively, some keyboards have another key with a few weird-looking symbols, which sits just to the left of the ‘1’ key. If your pipe symbol is here, type it by holding down the Alt Gr key (to the right of the spacebar), then tapping this key.

If your keyboard doesn’ t have either of these keys, then a third way to type a pipe is to execute what’s known as an Alt code: that basically means holding down the left Alt key, while typing a number on your keyboard’s numeric pad. Th e Alt code for pipe is 124. So, make sure the numeric pad is enabled (by pressing Num Lock or NmLck), then hold down the left Alt key and type 124.

Source from Computer Active Magazine

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