Piping In Linux

Linux piping in summary

Symbol Purpose
| pipe standard out from one program to standard input of another
< redirect standard in from a file
> redirect standard out to a file, deleting its current contents
&> redirect both standard out and standard error to a file, deleting its current contents
>> redirect standard out to a file, adding to the end of tis current contents
&>> redirect both standard out and standard error to a file, adding to the end of its current contents