Match each term with the correct statement below.

A. A command that is used to display the value of a single shell or environment variable.
B. A shortcut for a command and its options
C. A way to transfer the contents of an input or output channel to or from a file.
D. A logical operator that is used on two commands, wherein the second command is only executed if the first command completed without any errors.
E. A file of its own, that points to another file in the file system, and that has its own inode.
F. A command that is used to change the timestamp on a file or to create a new file with a size of 0 bytes.
G. Contains all the information about a file apart from the filename, such as permissions and time stamps
H. A character that does not represent itself but has special meaning.
I. A command that manipulates text that it reads from stdin or from a file and sends the output to stdout or to a file.


A. echo command
B. alias
C. redirection
D. && operator
E. symbolic link
F. touch command
G. inode
H. metacharacter
I. filter

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