Purpose:View realtime activity in a pipe

 

Format:PIPEVIEW [/= /D /E /GB /R /T /VH /X]

 

/D(ate)/T(ime)
/E(nd)/VH (text+hex)
/GB (greenbar)/X (hex)

/R (STDERR)

 

Usage:

 

PIPEVIEW will read from STDIN, and display it in a VIEW window while also forwarding it on to STDOUT to be read by the next app.  For example:

 

dir /s | pipeview | sort

 

Options:

 

/=Display the PIPEVIEW command dialog to help you set the command line options. The /= option can be anywhere on the line; additional options will set the appropriate fields in the command dialog.

 

/DPrefix each line with the current date

 

/EAlways show the end of the pipe (most recent activity). Otherwise PIPEVIEW will default to showing the beginning of the pipe buffer.

 

/GB(GreenBar) Display alternate shaded lines to make reading the output easier with long lines

 

/RWrite to STDERR instead of STDOUT

 

/TPrefix each line with the current time

 

/VHThe pipe contents are displayed with each line of text followed by two lines containing the hex codes of each character.

 

/XDisplay the pipe contents in hex