diff --git a/pages/common/mkfifo.md b/pages/common/mkfifo.md
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--- a/pages/common/mkfifo.md
+++ b/pages/common/mkfifo.md
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@
 - Create a named pipe at a given path:
 
 `mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}`
+
+- Send data through a named pipe and send the command to the background:
+
+`echo {{"Hello World"}} > {{path/to/pipe}} &`
+
+- Receive data through a named pipe:
+
+`cat {{path/to/pipe}}`