% printf '\x04\necho EOT is not EOF in a pipe.\n' | bash bash: line 1: $'\004': command not found EOT is not EOF in a pipe. % Pipes do not contain

% printf '\x04\necho EOT is not EOF in a pipe.\n' | bash bash: line 1: $'\004': command not found EOT is not EOF in a pipe. % Pipes do not contain line disciplines and thus do not do special character processing.