# Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering

<https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/11/29/why-pipes-get-stuck-buffering/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I didn’t realize that a Unix pipe does buffer like this. Interesting.

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- [WT304: Weekly Thing 304 / Connections, Vince, Markwhen](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/304/), Briefly

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