In Windows, specifically using |, the pipe is anonymous[0]. Named pipes can be created, but named pipes (fifos) on Windows are substantially different from thos

In Windows, specifically using |, the pipe is anonymous[0]. Named pipes can be created, but named pipes (fifos) on Windows are substantially different from those on unix. Named pipes are not relevant to the pipes my reference above introduces in Windows 95's DOS system. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_pipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_pipe [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe