Re: where does command output go

[fxkl47BF@protonmail.com]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2025, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
>>
>> fxkl47BF@protonmail.com (HE12025-11-09):
>>> if i wanted to have the same results as my command above
>>> but wanted to do it so it didn't consume memory for storage
>>> and i didn't want to manage files
>>> what might a good alternate strategy be
>>> is there a replacement for mail that uses file storage
>>
>> Reality check: are you saying that you are concerned by the memory usage
>> of storing the output of your command but want to send it by mail? Are
>> there exceptional constraints that we do not know about?
>
> It sounds like OP wants to use temporary files rather than memory.

or better a replacement for mail that uses temporary files so i don't have to

> Or
> I could be parsing "...is there a replacement for mail that uses file
> storage [instead of memory]" incorrectly.  That is also based on what
> Greg said:
>
>    > The first command is writing to the "write end of the pipe", and any
>    > output it produces will be buffered in memory until it's read by
>    > the second command, mail.
>
> Jeff
>