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What is a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?

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Mar 15, 202612134 views
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I've gotten the "broken pipe" error from Xcode one time too many. I'm now curious to know exactly what a pipe is. What is the concept of a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?

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A pipe is simply an interprocess communication (IPC) mechanism used to connect the standard output of one process to the standard input of another. An example is when you want to search a file for the word "pax": and yes, I know you can the file dir…

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