pass stdout as file name for command line util?

Question

I\'m working with a command line utility that requires passing the name of a file to write output to, e.g.

foo -o output.txt

The only thing

Answer 1

You could use the magic of UNIX and create a named pipe :)

1. Create the pipe

   $ mknod -p mypipe
   

2. Start the process that reads from the pipe

   $ second-process < mypipe
   

3. Start the process, that writes into the pipe

   $ foo -o mypipe