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MISPIPE(1)                         moreutils                        MISPIPE(1)

NAME
       mispipe - pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first

SYNOPSIS
       mispipe ["command1"] ["command2"]

DESCRIPTION
       mispipe 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.

       Note that some shells, notably bash, 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.

EXIT STATUS
       The exit status of the first command. If the process terminated
       abnormally (due to a signal), 128 will be added to its exit status.

AUTHOR
       Nathanael Nerode

moreutils                         2006-09-07                        MISPIPE(1)