pipex

Pipex

Summary

This project will let you discover in detail a UNIX mechanism that you already know by using it in your program.

Install (Bonus included)

$ make

Usage

$ ./pipex file_in [cmd1] [cmd2] [...] file_out
$ ./pipex "here_doc" LIMITER [cmd1] [cmd2] [...] file_out

Example

$ ./pipex /etc/passwd "grep -v #" "cut -d : -f 5" "sort" output.txt

Should behave like:

$ < /etc/passwd grep -v '#' | cut -d : -f 5 | sort > output.txt