test Pipe: node n shell on n as sh: echo abcd | grep -o '[bc]*' echo abcd | grep -o '[bcd]*' | grep -o '[ab]*' test Redirect: node n shell on n as sh: echo a > file echo b > file echo c >> file echo x cat file echo y cat < file echo z test PipeRedirect: node n shell on n as sh: echo abcdefghi | grep -o '[b-h]*' | grep -o '[a-g]*' > file cat < file | grep -o '[acegi]' | cat > file2 cat file2 - < file