Je pense que (la manière traditionnelle) d'utiliser le tuyau est un peu plus rapide; sur ma boîte, j'ai utilisé la strace
commande pour voir ce qui se passe:
Sans tuyau:
toc@UnixServer:~$ strace wc -l < wrong_output.c
execve("/usr/bin/wc", ["wc", "-l"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8b50000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77ad000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29107, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 29107, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb77a5000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\222\1\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1552584, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1563160, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7627000
mmap2(0xb779f000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x178) = 0xb779f000
mmap2(0xb77a2000, 10776, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77a2000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7626000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb76268d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb779f000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x804f000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb77ce000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb77a5000, 29107) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8b50000
brk(0x8b71000) = 0x8b71000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5540198, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7426000
mmap2(NULL, 1507328, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0x2a8) = 0xb72b6000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77ac000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2570
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb77ac000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/fr_FR.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/fr_FR.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/fr.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/fr.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr_FR.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr_FR.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/fr/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=316721, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 316721, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7268000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26064, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 26064, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7261000
close(3) = 0
read(0, "#include<stdio.h>\n\nint main(int "..., 16384) = 180
read(0, "", 16384) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 2), ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7260000
write(1, "13\n", 313
) = 3
close(0) = 0
close(1) = 0
munmap(0xb7260000, 4096) = 0
close(2) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?
Et avec tuyau:
toc@UnixServer:~$ strace cat wrong_output.c | wc -l
execve("/bin/cat", ["cat", "wrong_output.c"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0xa017000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb774b000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29107, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 29107, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7743000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\222\1\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1552584, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1563160, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb75c5000
mmap2(0xb773d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x178) = 0xb773d000
mmap2(0xb7740000, 10776, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7740000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb75c4000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb75c48d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb773d000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x8051000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb776c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7743000, 29107) = 0
brk(0) = 0xa017000
brk(0xa038000) = 0xa038000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5540198, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb73c4000
mmap2(NULL, 1507328, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0x2a8) = 0xb7254000
close(3) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("wrong_output.c", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=180, ...}) = 0
read(3, "#include<stdio.h>\n\nint main(int "..., 32768) = 180
write(1, "#include<stdio.h>\n\nint main(int "..., 180) = 180
read(3, "", 32768) = 0
close(3) = 0
close(1) = 0
close(2) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?
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Vous pouvez faire des tests avec strace
et time
commander avec des commandes de plus en plus longues pour un bon benchmarking.
cat
est un canal d'identité . Il diffuse uniquement son entrée vers sa sortie. Si le deuxième programme de la chaîne peut prendre son entrée du même argument que vous passez àcat
(ou de l'entrée standard, si vous ne passez aucun argument), alorscat
est absolument inutile et ne fait qu'un processus supplémentaire étant forké et un tube supplémentaire étant établi.