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Date: Wed,  2 Aug 2000 18:21:45 -0700
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From: Skip Tavakkolian <skipt@real.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] pipefile
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At 08:40 PM 8/1/00 -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>Could one stack pipefiles?

No, but one can pipeline the input and output filters.
(pipefile -w 'tr a-z A-Z | tr A-Z a-z' /dev/cons)

>
>Also, this may be a totally stupid question, but I am wondering why
>there never was a notation for bidirectional pipes in the shell
>(say '><') that sets this pipelining?
>

Upon reflection, that is a stupid question. (note to self: see pipe(3))

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