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/usr/bin/mkfifo

GNU core utilities

From coreutils 9.12-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running mkfifo --help (exit 0). permalink

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Usage: /usr/bin/mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...
Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
  -m, --mode=MODE
         set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask
  -Z
         set the SELinux security context to default type
      --context[=CTX]
         like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the
         SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX
      --help
         display this help and exit
      --version
         output version information and exit

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-m, --mode MODEset file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umaskhelp + man
-Zset the SELinux security context to default typehelp + man
--context CTXlike -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTXhelp
--helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--versionoutput version information and exithelp + man

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