.TH DAM 1df "May 2017" "Manual page for dam" .SH NAME .B dam \- read all input before emitting as output .SH SYNOPSIS prog1 | .B dam | prog2 .SH DESCRIPTION .B dam stores all its input in a temporary file before emitting it as output, behaving like a fully-buffered cat(1), and with some of the functionality of sponge(1). .SH AUTHOR Tom Ryder