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UUUUNNNNBBBBUUUUFFFFFFFFEEEERRRR((((1111)))) UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((1111 JJJJuuuunnnneeee 1111999999994444)))) UUUUNNNNBBBBUUUUFFFFFFFFEEEERRRR((((1111))))
NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
unbuffer - unbuffer output
SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
uuuunnnnbbbbuuuuffffffffeeeerrrr _p_r_o_g_r_a_m [ _a_r_g_s ]
IIIINNNNTTTTRRRROOOODDDDUUUUCCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
uuuunnnnbbbbuuuuffffffffeeeerrrr 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.
od -c /tmp/fifo | more
You will not see anything until a full page of output has
been produced.
You can disable this automatic buffering as follows:
unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more
BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
The man page is longer than the program.
SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
"_E_x_p_l_o_r_i_n_g _E_x_p_e_c_t: _A _T_c_l-_B_a_s_e_d _T_o_o_l_k_i_t _f_o_r _A_u_t_o_m_a_t_i_n_g
_I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_s" by Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates,
January 1995.
AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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