NAME

       mispipe - pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first

SYNOPSIS

       mispipe ["command1"] ["command2"]

DESCRIPTION

       mispipe  pipes  two  commands together like the shell does, but unlike piping in the shell, which returns
       the exit status of the last command; when using mispipe, the exit status of  the  first  command  is  re‐
       turned.

       Note that some shells, notably bash, do offer a pipefail option, however, that option does not behave the
       same since it makes a failure of any command in the pipeline be returned, not just the exit status of the
       first.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status of the first command. If the process terminated abnormally (due to a signal), 128 will be
       added to its exit status.

AUTHOR

       Nathanael Nerode

                                                   2006-09-07                                         mispipe(1)