MKFIFO(1) User Commands MKFIFO(1) NAME mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes) SYNOPSIS mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME... DESCRIPTION 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 AUTHOR Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS GNU coreutils online help: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO mkfifo(3) Full documentation or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 MKFIFO(1)