Linux stdbuf Command

What is Linux stdbuf Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use stdbuf command in Linux. stdbuf command is stdbuf - Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams.

stdbuf Syntax#

stdbuf OPTION... COMMAND

stdbuf Examples#

stdbuf Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man stdbuf

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

info stdbuf

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

stdbuf --help

Linux stdbuf Command Source Code#

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

• stdbuf source code on GitHub
• stdbuf source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• stdbuf 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 stdbuf in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.