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mkfifo — Make named pipes, also known as First In First Out (FIFO). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/so

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Problem

How to use the mkfifo command: Make named pipes, also known as First In First Out (FIFO). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/mkfifo-invocation.html>.

Solution

mkfifo — Make named pipes, also known as First In First Out (FIFO). More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/mkfifo-invocation.html>.

Create a named pipe at a given path:

mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}

Send data through a named pipe and send the command to the background:

echo "{{Hello World}}" > {{path/to/pipe}} &

Receive data through a named pipe:

cat {{path/to/pipe}}

Share your terminal session in real-time:

mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}; script {{[-f|--flush]}} {{path/to/pipe}}

Code Snippets

Create a named pipe at a given path

mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}

Send data through a named pipe and send the command to the background

echo "{{Hello World}}" > {{path/to/pipe}} &

Receive data through a named pipe

cat {{path/to/pipe}}

Share your terminal session in real-time

mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}; script {{[-f|--flush]}} {{path/to/pipe}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/mkfifo

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