MKFIFO(1)

NAME
mkfifo - Create a FIFO with the given name.

SYNOPSIS
mkfifo [-m|--mode] [-Z ] [--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [fifo]

DESCRIPTION
Create a FIFO with the given name.

OPTIONS

-m, --mode <MODE>
    file permissions for the fifo

-Z  set the SELinux security context to default type

--context[=<CTX>]
    like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

-h, --help
    Print help

-V, --version
    Print version

EXTRA
## Examples Create a named pipe at a given path: mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}} Send data through a named pipe and send the command to the background: echo "{{Hello World}}" > {{path/to/pipe}} & Receive data through a named pipe: cat {{path/to/pipe}} Share your terminal session in real-time: mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}; script {{[-f|--flush]}} {{path/to/pipe}} > The examples are provided by the [tldr-pages project](https://tldr.sh) under the [CC BY 4.0 License](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/LICENSE.md). > > Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.

VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0