.TH UNBUFFER 1 "1 June 1994" .SH NAME unbuffer \- unbuffer output .SH SYNOPSIS .B unbuffer .I program [ .I args ] .SH INTRODUCTION .B unbuffer disables the output buffering that occurs when program output is redirected. For example, suppose you are watching the output from a fifo by running it through od and then more. .nf od -c /tmp/fifo | more .fi You will not see anything until a full page of output has been produced. You can disable this automatic buffering as follows: .nf unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more .fi .SH BUGS The man page is longer than the program. .SH SEE ALSO .I "Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs" \fRby Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995. .SH AUTHOR Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology