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Usually output of a command goes to the terminal. Using the concept of Output redirection, the output of a command can be redirected to a file. So insted of displaying the output to the terminal it can be send to a file. '>' character is used for output redirection. $ pwd > file1 $ cat file...

The commands normally take their input from the standard input device keyboard. Using Input redirection concept, we can have their input redirected from a file. To redirect standard input from a file instead of the keyboard, the '<' character is used. $ cat file1 monday tuesday wednsday th...