Linux systems support pipes that enable passing output from one command to another, but they also support 'named pipes,' which are quite different.

Piping commands together on the Linux command line lets you get a lot more done with little effort. This post demonstrates this with a couple very useful commands.

One of the best things about working at the Linux (or similar OS) command line is the use of pipes. In simple terms, a pipe takes the output of one command and sends it to the input of another ...

One of the most confusing things when starting with Linux is the terminology. Some people will use terms interchangeably, ...

Learn a few techniques for avoiding the pipe and making your command-line commands more efficient. Anyone who uses the command line would acknowledge how powerful the pipe is. Because of the pipe, you ...