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.\"    Author: Nathanael Nerode
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.\"      Date: 2006-09-07
.\"    Manual: moreutils
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.SH "NAME"
mispipe \- pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmispipe\fR\ 'u
\fBmispipe\fR [\fI"command1"\fR] [\fI"command2"\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmispipe\fR
pipes two commands together like the shell does, but unlike piping in the shell, which returns the exit status of the last command; when using mispipe, the exit status of the first command is returned\&.
.PP
Note that some shells, notably
\fBbash\fR, do offer a pipefail option, however, that option does not behave the same since it makes a failure of any command in the pipeline be returned, not just the exit status of the first\&.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
The exit status of the first command\&. If the process terminated abnormally (due to a signal), 128 will be added to its exit status\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Nathanael Nerode