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Doing several things at once with AND

The keyword AND can be used to string together several commands in one. The advantage compared with using pipes is that the file need not be repeatedly parsed and written out, saving time.

To use AND, simply leave off the output specifier (e.g -o) of one command, and the input specifier (e.g filename) of the next. For instance:



To specify the range for each section, use -range:





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