MKFIFO(1)

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✨ MKFIFO(1) ✨

okay so bestie, you found the manual page for mkfifo — that's a User Command, and the man page you're holding is literally titled MKFIFO(1). iykyk. let's get into it 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

mkfifo — make FIFOs (named pipes)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given *NAME*s. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you give it names, it gives you FIFOs. iconic. ✨

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too — so like, if you see a long option needs a value, the short version needs it too. no skipping, no shortcuts, periodt. 💀

🎀 the flags 🎀

  • -m, --mode=MODE — set the file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask. so you're overriding the default perms instead of letting umask do its lil thing.
  • -Z — set the SELinux security context to the default type.
  • --context[=CTX] — like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX. yes, either SELinux or SMACK, it's flexible like that 🫶
  • --help — display this help and exit.
  • --version — output version information and exit.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by David MacKenzie. shoutout to the legend 💜

🔥 REPORTING BUGS 🔥

found something cursed? report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.

GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Copyright © 2026 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. none. zero. nada. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkfifo invocation'

and that's the whole page, bestie — go make some named pipes and slay 💖✨

this has been GNU coreutils 9.12, September 2026, page MKFIFO(1) — take care of her, she's doing her best 🫶

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