As the name suggests, a named pipe works like a pipe: you enter data in one end, and the same data comes out the other end.

如名所示，命名管道工作起来与管道一样：你在一端输入数据，另一端输出同样的数据。

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The pipe is an implicit redirect, so it works in much the same way.

管道是隐式的重定向，因此其工作方式大致相同。

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The system works because of the pipe between the two commands.

因为在这两个命令之间使用了管道，所以系统能够正常工作。

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