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bahamat
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I haveGiven the following command:

gzip -dc /cdrom/cdrom0/file.tar.gz | tar xvf –

I wonder whatWhat does the "-" at the end of the command mean? Is it some kind of placeholder?

I have the following command:

gzip -dc /cdrom/cdrom0/file.tar.gz | tar xvf –

I wonder what does the "-" at the end of the command mean? Is it some kind of placeholder?

Given the following command:

gzip -dc /cdrom/cdrom0/file.tar.gz | tar xvf –

What does the - at the end of the command mean? Is it some kind of placeholder?

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What does dash "-" at the end of a command mean?

I have the following command:

gzip -dc /cdrom/cdrom0/file.tar.gz | tar xvf –

I wonder what does the "-" at the end of the command mean? Is it some kind of placeholder?