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)
