Uses of netcat (nc) with named pipe (mkfifo)

• To create a named pipe with a file named "npipe" You can use one of the following commands: mkfifo npipe
• Now if you look at the file using the? Ls -l, you will see the following output:

'P' in the first column indicates that this is a named pipe. Just as files in the system, it has access permissions that define the user can open a named pipe, and whether to read, write, or both.