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.TH UNBUFFER 1 "1 June 1994"

.SH NAME

unbuffer \- unbuffer output

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B unbuffer

.I program

[

.I args

]

.SH INTRODUCTION

.B unbuffer

disables the output buffering that occurs when program output

is redirected.

For example, suppose you are watching the output from a fifo by running it

through od and then more.

.nf

        od -c /tmp/fifo | more

.fi

You will not see anything until a full page

of output has been produced.

You can disable this automatic buffering as follows:

.nf

        unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more

.fi

.SH BUGS

The man page is longer than the program.

.SH SEE ALSO

.I

"Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs"

\fRby Don Libes,

O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995.

.SH AUTHOR

Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology