TIPC-PIPE(1)

💖 TIPC-PIPE(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and it's literally all about tipc-pipe. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

tipc-PIPE — simple client/server. that's it, that's the whole vibe. a lil client, a lil server, iconic behavior 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tipc-pipe <options> [address 1] [address 2]

like... give it some options and up to two addresses and it just goes. no cap 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

tipc-pipe is giving netcat but for tipc, fr fr. it reads and writes network connections using tipc, and honestly? obsessed. main character energy for your terminal 🌈

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🎀 Options 🎀

heads up babes: defaults are marked with a * — that's the "this is what happens if you say nothing" star ⭐

• -h | --help — shows you this help. your lil emergency exit when you're lost 💖
• -l — run in server mode, and it will accept multiple connections. the more the merrier, periodt 🥳
• -s — run in single connection server mode, and it exits when the connection closes. also: the default mode is client mode, so if you don't pick anything you're a client, no cap ✨
• --sock_type — *SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_RDM | SOCK_SEQPACKET. pick your socket flavor 🍓
• --server_type — *1000 | <n>. defaults to 1000, or you can pass your own <n> 💫
• --addr_type — TIPC_ADDR_NAMESEQ | TIPC_ADDR_MCAST | *TIPC_ADDR_NAME. and listen: for TIPC_ADDR_NAME only address 1 gets used. for TIPC_ADDR_NAMESEQ or TIPC_ADDR_MCAST, address 1 and address 2 both get used. important!! don't skip this one 🙈
• --delay — *0 | <ms>. sets the data reading and writing delay in ms. default is 0, i.e. no waiting around 💨
• --data_num — *0 | <count>. generates the defined number of sample data and sends it. yes, "sends is" — the original said that, we're keeping it, it's part of the lore 😭💀
• --data_size — *0. generates packets of the defined size when data_num is defined. they're a package deal bestie 🎁
• --data_check — checks the sequence numbers in received data, the ones generated with the data_num option. detective mode 🔍
• --buf_size — *66000 | <n>. the I/O buffer size (peep TIPC_MAX_USER_MSG_SIZE for the tea) 🧚
• --wait_peer — *0. wait for the peer's published state before communicating. polite queen behavior, waiting for your friend to show up before you start talking 🫶
• --top — run the topology client 🗺️
• --replay — forces the connectionless server to send input to the last connected client. lowkey chaotic, highkey useful 💅

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🌟 Short Options 🌟

the lil shortcut squad, here to save you keystrokes:

• --rdm — sock_type = SOCK_RDM
• --pct — sock_type = SOCK_PACKET
• --stm — * sock_type = SOCK_STREAM (the default, the chosen one 👑)
• --sqp — sock_type = SOCK_SEQPACKET
• --nam — * addr_type = TIPC_ADDR_NAME (also the default 🎀)
• --mc — addr_type = TIPC_ADDR_MCAST or TIPC_ADDR_NAMESEQ
• --id — addr_type = TIPC_ADDR_ID

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

SOCK_STREAM single connection server with address zero and client:

tipc-pipe -s | tee input
date | tipc-pipe

look at that pipe energy 🦋

SOCK_RDM server with address 123 and client:

tipc-pipe --rdm --replay -l 123
tipc-pipe --rdm 123

Start topology client for all addresses of specified optional server type:

tipc-pipe --server_type=1000 --top -- 0 -1

yes there's a bare -- in there. it's real, we love it, don't touch it 😌

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

Constantine Shulyupin — const@makelinux.com. the legend who made all of this happen, we stan 🙌

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? report ls bugs to tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net. (yes, ls bugs, exactly like that, we are not editing the source material, periodt 💀)

ngl if something's acting cursed, tell the mailing list before you start yelling at your terminal. they're nice, i promise 💖

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okay that's the whole page bestie!! and for the cute lil sign-off: this was the TIPC-PIPE(1) page, dated 25 Jan 2013 — yeah, she's an elder but she still slays. go forth and pipe responsibly 🌸✨💅