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  • I swear I fail to see how this a duplicate --- there is no emphasis there, as I recon, to how the two pipes differ from a "temporary file". I believe a few people looked about this in Google. Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 10:08
  • Point 2 of the suggested duplicate addresses the differences between pipes and temporary files. It’s just a suggestion though. Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 10:14
  • Perhaps you could clarify what difference you see between a temporary file and a “regular” file... Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 10:15
  • The only total difference I recon is that in general, a "temporary file" has a much shorter life cycle than a "regular file". Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 12:00
  • Both are temporary and I want to understand how are they practically different. If FIFOs don't hold data on disk, where do they hold it temporarily when it is being passed through them? On RAM? An answer should define this. Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 12:19