< character > The character "|", ASCII code 124.
Common names: bar; or; or-bar; v-bar; pipe; vertical bar. Rare: ITU-T : vertical line; gozinta; thru; pipesinta; INTERCAL : spike.
"Pipe", "gozinta", "thru" and "pipesinta" refer to the use of "|" in Unix shells to create a pipe .
Some keyboards show both a solid vertical bar (code 124) and a broken vertical bar (code 166).
[Does anyone call either kind of vertical bar " pling "? Other codes?]
(1998-09-20)