Todd A. Jacobs | RubyistSep 30, 2023

#Unix & #Linux #CLI Buffering Tips

I recently posted about some pragmatic differences between #stdbuf from #GNU #coreutils and the #unbuffered command from the #Expect tool examples. Both were installed and tested using #Homebrew on #macOS. The TL;DR is that `unbuffered` is easier and works on #stdin, while `stdbuf` gives you more options for each separate I/O stream.

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`unbuffer` or `stdbuf` for removing stdout buffering?

Is there a difference between unbuffer(1) and stdbuf(1)? From what I gather, unbuffer makes more than the "best effort" of calling the libc function set(X)buf at the beginning, and then letting thi...

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