1 .TH UNBUFFER 1 "1 June 1994"
3 unbuffer \- unbuffer output
12 disables the output buffering that occurs when program output
14 For example, suppose you are watching the output from a fifo by running it
15 through od and then more.
18 od -c /tmp/fifo | more
21 You will not see anything until a full page
22 of output has been produced.
24 You can disable this automatic buffering as follows:
28 unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more
31 When you have a pipeline, unbuffer must be applied to each element
32 except the last (since that doesn't have its output redirected).
36 unbuffer p1 | unbuffer p2 | unbuffer p3 | p4
40 The man page is longer than the program.
44 "Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs"
46 O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995.
48 Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology