# tmpin

**Repository Path**: mirrors_sindresorhus/tmpin

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: tmpin
- **Description**: Add stdin support to any CLI app that accepts file input
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-09

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# tmpin

> Add stdin support to any CLI app that accepts file input

It pipes stdin to a temp file and spawns the chosen app with the temp file path as the first argument.

Similar to [process substitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_substitution) in ZSH/Bash, but cross-platform and without its [limitation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_substitution#Limitations).

## Install

```
$ npm install --global tmpin
```

## Usage

```
$ tmpin --help

  Usage
    echo <string> | tmpin <app> [<args>]

  Example
    git diff | tmpin atom

  Note that the first argument to <app> will be set to the temp file
```

## Tip

Create an alias in your `.zshrc`/`.bashrc`:

```sh
alias atom='tmpin atom'

# Or more specific
alias gda='git diff | tmpin atom'
```