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+# Internally, open "|..." calls out to popen from tclcompat.tcl
+#
+# This code is compatible with Tcl
+
+# Write to a pipe
+set f [open |[list cat | sed -e "s/line/This is line/" >temp.out] w]
+foreach n {1 2 3 4 5} {
+ puts $f "line $n"
+}
+close $f
+puts "Created temp.out"
+
+# Read from a pipe
+set f [open "|cat temp.out"]
+while {[gets $f buf] >= 0} {
+ puts $buf
+}
+close $f
+file delete temp.out