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<h1> The <tt>|</tt> program </h1>
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<tt>|</tt> runs two commands with a pipe between them.
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<h2> Interface </h2>
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| [ -d ] [ -r | -w ] { <em>prog1...</em> } <em>prog2...</em>
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<li> <tt>|</tt> reads <em>prog1...</em> in a
<a href="el_semicolon.html">block</a> and unquotes it. </li>
<li> It runs <em>prog1...</em> as a child process and execs into
<em>prog2...</em>, with a pipe between <em>prog1</em>'s stdout and
<em>prog2</em>'s stdin. </li>
<li> <em>prog1</em>'s pid is available in <em>prog2</em> as the !
environment variable. </li>
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<h2> Options </h2>
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<li> <tt>-d</tt> : run <em>prog1...</em>
as a grandchild of <tt>|</tt>. This is meant to prevent a zombie
from hanging around if <em>prog2...</em> fails to wait for its children.</li>
<li> <tt>-r</tt> : make <em>prog1...</em> the writer and
<em>prog2...</em> the reader. This is the default. </li>
<li> <tt>-w</tt> : make <em>prog1...</em> the reader and
<em>prog2...</em> the writer. </li>
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<h2> Notes </h2>
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<li> You can easily create a chain of pipes: <tt>| a "" | b "" c</tt>
is roughly equivalent to
<tt>sh -c 'exec a | b | c'</tt>, except that shells usually run <tt>c</tt>
as a child process like <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt>, and <tt>exec</tt> has no
effect. </li>
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