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Output of command not in stderr nor stdout

I've stumbled on this issue, so I'm wondering how is this possible? Standard run of command: # zabbix_sender -c zabbix_agentd.conf -k mmysql.QCInserts -o 14 info from server: "Processed 0 Failed 1 ...
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Read data from a pipe for a certain amount of time (in seconds)

Is there an easy way to create a pipe that only lasts for a given amount of wall time? I want to be able to take a "snapshot" of what's being written STDOUT for a period of time (rather than bytes or ...
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IO and other shell commands when a program is not started by a terminal

I have several launchers on my desktop for various programs, and there is a "run in a terminal" setting for those launchers. When I check that setting, the program runs from a terminal, and logs its ...
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How a piped shell programs balance their output/input rates? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Bash while loop and reading from pipe I come from web programming background, and find myself interested in one peculiarity of using a local shell. I understand that ...
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Can I read and write to the same file in Linux without overwriting it? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I make iconv replace the input file with the converted output? I frequently connect to amazon ec2 using their public DNS names ...
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what is meant by connecting STDOUT and STDIN?

This is a newbie question. I'm reading a book, it says: Every process has at least three communication channels available to it: “standard input” (STDIN), “standard output” (STDOUT), and ...
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Is there a way to execute a native binary from a pipe?

echo 'main(){}' | gcc -xc - -o /dev/stdout | ??? Is there a way to run the output binary on a unix-like system? EDIT: I needed it to run the output of g++ in a sandboxed environment where I can't ...