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Pipex โ€” A simple Unix pipe replicator that executes two commands connected by a pipe, redirecting input and output just like the shell.

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๐Ÿ”ง pipex

pipex is a simplified recreation of shell piping behavior (|) using system calls like pipe, fork, dup2, and execve.
It is part of the 42 school curriculum and serves as an introduction to inter-process communication in Unix.

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๐Ÿง  Project Objective

The objective of pipex is to:

  • Reproduce the shell command:
    < infile cmd1 | cmd2 > outfile

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MIT License
Created May 26, 2025
Updated August 6, 2025
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