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newpipes.rst

Commands defined and referenced by [ID]: "command in quotes"

After definition, commands may be referenced by ID

Connections defined by reference => reference [=> reference ...]

Expressions are separated by ;

• file1.txt: one
• file2.txt: two

> "cat file1.txt" => "echo";
one

> A: "cat file1.txt"; B: "echo"; A -> B;
one

> A: "cat file 1.txt" => B: "echo" => C: "echo"; A => C;
one
one

stdout is piped with =>, =out>, or =0>

stderr is piped with =err>, or =1>

Other pipes are probably piped with =#>

Arrow supports most of Python slice syntax, so =0:2> is stdout and stderr, =0:-1> is all but the last output pipe, and =:> is all output pipes.

• double_out: print out to stdout, print err to stderr
• merge_pipes: non-deterministically merge all input pipes into one based on time

> "double_out" => "echo";
out

> "double_out" =out> "echo";
out

> "double_out" =err> "echo";
err

> "double_out" =:> "merge_pipes";
out
err

Now imagine that identifiers are persistent as long as the program is still running, so you can have a less-like program running in some window and can dynamically send arbitrary output to it from another terminal.