unbuffer

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verb

To release or flush from a buffer.

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Meanings

verbunbuffer (third-person singular simple present unbuffers, present participle unbuffering, simple past and past participle unbuffered)

present singular third person unbuffers · participle present unbuffering · participle past unbuffered · past unbuffered

  1. transitivecomputingTo release or flush from a buffer.

    2003, Stas Bekman, Eric Cholet, Practical mod_perl We set $|=1 to unbuffer the STDERR stream, so we can immediately see the debug output generated by the program.

Origin

From un- + buffer.

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Cite this entry
APA

unbuffer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffer

MLA

“unbuffer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbuffer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffer.

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