Re: [Sheflug] Most Pathetic Request Of The Day

["Douglas G Mckendrick" <Rhinecourt [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On my keyboard I press <right Alt><|>

cheers
Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Dawson" <aland [at] burngreave.net>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Most Pathetic Request Of The Day


> Quoting Alec Melling <melling [at] clara.co.uk>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to check to see if spamd is running on my system. To do it I
> > understand
> > that I need to run the following command(s)
> >
> > ps -ef grep spamd or ps aux grep spamd
> >
> > Both commands require a vertical line before 'grep'.
> >
> > Told you this was pathetic... I am going mad trying to type the vertical
> > line.
> > I can see it on the keyboard, on a key that seems to have three
functions "
> `
> >
> > ¬ " being two of them. How the hell do you get it to type the vertical
line?
> >
>
> on my keyboard its next on the '\' key next to the 'z'
>
> SHIFT and '\' will get a pipe symbol (I think thats what you want)
>
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