Why does this script with a FIFO pipe not terminate?

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This script:

shell
#!/bin/bash
tmppipe=/tmp/temppipe
mkfifo $tmppipe
echo "test" > $tmppipe
cat $tmppipe
exit

does not terminate. I assume that the cat command is waiting for an EOF from the pipe; how do I send one?

Asked by Benubird (6082 rep)

Jun 4, 2015, 09:27 AM
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