Linux mkfifo Command

What is Linux mkfifo Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mkfifo command in Linux. mkfifo command is mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes).

mkfifo Syntax#

mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

mkfifo Examples#

mkfifo Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of mkfifo command. mkfifo command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for mkfifo command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man mkfifo

To open info page for mkfifo command we can use command below.

info mkfifo

To open help page from mkfifo command we can run command below.

mkfifo --help

Linux mkfifo Command Source Code#

You can find mkfifo command source code from the folowing repositories:

• mkfifo source code on GitHub
• mkfifo source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• mkfifo source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mkfifo in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.