Piping

What Is Piping

5hell supports piping, similar to other command-line environments. Piping sends the output of one command into the input of the next command on the same line.

Why It Matters

• Makes automation shorter and clearer
• Reduces temporary copy/paste steps
• Enables composable workflows

Example

With a file named targets in /root:

enum targets | enum -d dig

Result:

Dig executes on every IP on each new line in targets.

Walkthrough

1. enum targets reads each target entry.

2. The	operator forwards that output.

3. enum -d dig appends each entry to dig and executes.

Takeaway

Piping allows command chains where each stage transforms or consumes the previous stage output.

Related Reading

• DO scripting and automation
• Macros
• Dig command concepts