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in thread Slicing the output of a command

Windows has no signals, so no SIGPIPE there.

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Re^6: Slicing the output of a command
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 10, 2015 at 11:17 UTC

    You're correct, however, marioroy's point holds. When head has read its 4 lines it closes the pipe and effectively prevents cat (or type or copy etc.) from reading further.

    (That doesn't stop it from be a Useless use of cat though.)

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