spanskiblog/content/posts/named_pipes.md

+++ date="2022-12-24" author="spanskiduh" title="named_pipes" description="click to read about named_pipes" +++

Named pipes

They are very useful for transmiting data of one linux process to another.

Creation of named pipe

• mkfifo my_pipe

Sending and recieving data

• echo "Hello my friend!" > my_pipe ~ sending data to pipe
• tail -f my_pipe ~ reading data from pipe