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jim mcnamara · Feb 22nd, 2007, 3:10 PM

ksh (the shell ) supports exactly what you want - it's called co-processes.
talk also does what you want. Both work from the command line.

Both of these are part of any POSIX1b (IEEE 1003.1 2004) implementation - including Linux.

Feb 22nd, 2007, 3:10 PM	#6
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	ksh (the shell ) supports exactly what you want - it's called co-processes. talk also does what you want. Both work from the command line. Both of these are part of any POSIX1b (IEEE 1003.1 2004) implementation - including Linux.