stdbuf(1) — Linux manual page

STDBUF(1)                     User Commands                    STDBUF(1)

NAME

       stdbuf - Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its
       standard streams.

SYNOPSIS

       stdbuf OPTION... COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

       Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard
       streams.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
       options too.

       -i, --input=MODE
              adjust standard input stream buffering

       -o, --output=MODE
              adjust standard output stream buffering

       -e, --error=MODE
              adjust standard error stream buffering

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       If MODE is 'L' the corresponding stream will be line buffered.
       This option is invalid with standard input.

       If MODE is '0' the corresponding stream will be unbuffered.

       Otherwise MODE is a number which may be followed by one of the
       following: KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on
       for G,T,P,E,Z,Y,R,Q.  Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K,
       MiB=M, and so on.  In this case the corresponding stream will be
       fully buffered with the buffer size set to MODE bytes.

       NOTE: If COMMAND adjusts the buffering of its standard streams
       ('tee' does for example) then that will override corresponding
       changes by 'stdbuf'.  Also some filters (like 'dd' and 'cat'
       etc.) don't use streams for I/O, and are thus unaffected by
       'stdbuf' settings.

   Exit status:
       125    if the stdbuf command itself fails

       126    if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked

       127    if COMMAND cannot be found

       -      the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

EXAMPLES

       tail -f access.log | stdbuf -oL cut -d ' ' -f1 | uniq
       This will immediately display unique entries from access.log

BUGS

       On GLIBC platforms, specifying a buffer size, i.e., using fully
       buffered mode will result in undefined operation.

AUTHOR

       Written by Padraig Brady.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
       it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       Full documentation
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stdbuf>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stdbuf invocation'

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GNU coreutils 9.5              March 2024                      STDBUF(1)

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