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diff --git a/pipe.c b/pipe.c
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+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define MAX_LINE    80
+#define PIPE_STDIN  0
+#define PIPE_STDOUT 1
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    const char *string = {"A sample message."};
+    int ret, myPipe[2];
+    char buffer[MAX_LINE+1];
+
+    /* create the pipe */
+    ret = pipe(myPipe);
+
+    if (ret == 0)
+    {
+        /* write message into the pipe */
+        write(myPipe[PIPE_STDOUT], string, strlen(string));
+
+        /* read the message from the pipe */
+        ret = read(myPipe[PIPE_STDIN], buffer, MAX_LINE);
+
+        /* null terminate the string */
+        buffer[ret] = 0;
+
+        printf("%s\n", buffer);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        perror("pipe");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+