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.TH buf 1 "5 February 2005" "Edgeware tools"
.SH NAME
buf \- buffer stdin to a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B buf
.I command
.RI [ arguments ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B buf
program writes standard input to a temporary file.  It then runs 
.VS
.IR "command arguments " ... " stdinfile"
.VE
and exits with whatever exit status that exited with.
.PP
This is particularly useful for programs which want to seek their
standard input, for example PostScript viewers.  A typical invokation
might be something like
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man -Tps buf | buf gv
.VE
.SH BUGS
Doesn't exit correctly if subprogram was killed by a signal.
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
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	13	.TH buf 1 "5 February 2005" "Edgeware tools"
	14	.SH NAME
	15	buf \- buffer stdin to a file
	16	.SH SYNOPSIS
	17	.B buf
	18	.I command
	19	.RI [ arguments ...]
	20	.SH DESCRIPTION
	21	The
	22	.B buf
	23	program writes standard input to a temporary file. It then runs
	24	.VS
	25	.IR "command arguments " ... " stdinfile"
	26	.VE
	27	and exits with whatever exit status that exited with.
	28	.PP
	29	This is particularly useful for programs which want to seek their
	30	standard input, for example PostScript viewers. A typical invokation
	31	might be something like
	32	.VS
	33	man -Tps buf \| buf gv
	34	.VE
	35	.SH BUGS
	36	Doesn't exit correctly if subprogram was killed by a signal.
	37	.SH AUTHOR
71d8432e	38	Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>