what's going on with this dash '-' thing?












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I was trying to export the python environment requirements and this is what I intended to do:



conda list -e > requirements.txt


However I mistakendly typed this instead:



conda list -e -> requirements.txt


It still works but the file is having fewer lines in the content. I want to know what exactly happend. I searched but couldn't find an explaination on the - in this case. Thanks!










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  • why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

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I was trying to export the python environment requirements and this is what I intended to do:



conda list -e > requirements.txt


However I mistakendly typed this instead:



conda list -e -> requirements.txt


It still works but the file is having fewer lines in the content. I want to know what exactly happend. I searched but couldn't find an explaination on the - in this case. Thanks!










share|improve this question























  • why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

    – jsotola
    6 mins ago














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I was trying to export the python environment requirements and this is what I intended to do:



conda list -e > requirements.txt


However I mistakendly typed this instead:



conda list -e -> requirements.txt


It still works but the file is having fewer lines in the content. I want to know what exactly happend. I searched but couldn't find an explaination on the - in this case. Thanks!










share|improve this question














I was trying to export the python environment requirements and this is what I intended to do:



conda list -e > requirements.txt


However I mistakendly typed this instead:



conda list -e -> requirements.txt


It still works but the file is having fewer lines in the content. I want to know what exactly happend. I searched but couldn't find an explaination on the - in this case. Thanks!







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  • why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

    – jsotola
    6 mins ago



















  • why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

    – jsotola
    6 mins ago

















why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

– jsotola
6 mins ago





why are you looking for an explanation of - when the symbol that you used is ->?

– jsotola
6 mins ago










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