user@host ~ $ od -w8 short | column -x
0000000 067531 020165 071141 020145     0000010 067151 060440 066440 075141
0000020 020145 063157 066040 072151     0000030 066164 020145 073564 071551
0000040 064564 063556 070040 071541     0000050 060563 062547 026163 060440
0000060 066154 062040 063151 062546     0000070 062562 072156 005056
0000076
user@host ~ $ echo '1 2 3 * + p' | dc        # dc is a RPN calculator
7
user@host ~ $ figlet -f small Ribbit-ribbit. | cowsay -nf bud-frogs | cat -n
     1   _____________________________________________________
     2  /  ___ _ _    _    _ _           _ _    _    _ _      \
     3  | | _ (_) |__| |__(_) |_ ___ _ _(_) |__| |__(_) |_    |
     4  | |   / | '_ \ '_ \ |  _|___| '_| | '_ \ '_ \ |  _|_  |
     5  | |_|_\_|_.__/_.__/_|\__|   |_| |_|_.__/_.__/_|\__(_) |
     6  \                                                     /
     7   -----------------------------------------------------
     8       \
     9        \
    10            oO)-.                       .-(Oo
    11           /__  _\                     /_  __\
    12           \  \(  |     ()~()         |  )/  /
    13            \__|\ |    (-___-)        | /|__/
    14            '  '--'    ==`-'==        '--'  '
user@host ~ $ seq 30 | paste - - -       # paste reads input files rount-robin, "-" is the standard input
1       2       3
4       5       6
7       8       9
10      11      12
13      14      15
16      17      18
19      20      21
22      23      24
25      26      27
28      29      30
user@host ~ $ mkfifo myPipe    ┍ the second terminalthe third terminal
user@host ~ $ fortune > myPipe │ user@host ~ $ date > myPipe │ user@host ~ $ cat < myPipe
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