The pipe character (|) is used to take the standard output of the command on the left, and feeds it as standard input to the command on the right. It is a crucial tool in shell scripting and command line operations to chain commands and construct more complex procedures by handling the flow of data from one utility to another.
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How does the pipe character differ from redirection operators like '>' or '>>' in Linux?
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Can you give an example of how the pipe character is used with common Linux commands?
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Are there limitations to the number of commands you can chain using the pipe operator?