| vertical bar The character "|", code 124. Common names: bar; or; or-bar; v-bar; pipe; vertical bar. Rare: : vertical line; gozinta; thru; pipesinta; : spike. "Pipe", "gozinta", "thru" and "pipesinta" refer to the use of "|" in shells to create a . 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 ""? Other codes?] (1998-09-20) |