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by mr_mitm 822 days ago
How could curl detect where it's piped to?
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take-five 822 days ago
Something like (in Python)

os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno())

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Zambyte 822 days ago
That doesn't say where it's piped though. It could be redirected to a file, or piped to something harmless like jq.
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timando 822 days ago
Iterate through /proc/<pid>/fd and check for the pipe id in the symlink target.
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