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Re: [OT] - Bash question: get output as a variable?



On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:39:26 -0500 (EST), John Hasler wrote:
> Stephen Powell writes:
>> I wish the shell supported multi-stream pipelines.
>
> I think you could fake it with tee and a fifo.

Well, I know about tee; but, although I've heard the term fifo,
I know nothing about it in a Linux/Unix/shell context.  I'll look
into it.  Thanks.


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