3 ms·Pipes have existed in DOS since before Windows 95 was around!by Sophira 9y agoPipes have existed in DOS since before Windows 95 was around!Narishma 9y agoSince DOS 2.0, IIRC.emmelaich 9y agoBut not really. Using pipe means it dumps the entire output to a temporary file then feeds that temp file to the next program. I'm not sure if Windows still does this. Probably does.