sh-pipes.md

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   2 title: "Shell: named pipes"
   3 category: CLI
   4 layout: 2017/sheet
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   6
   7 ### Named pipes
   8
   9 ```sh
  10 diff <(ls ./old) <(ls ./new)
  11 ```
  12
  13 This creates a virtual file with the contents of the output of `ls ./old`.
  14
  15 ### References
  16
  17 * [Named pipe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe) _(wikipedia.org)_