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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#hooks up two processes, 2nd of which has one line of output per line of input, expected by the first, which starts off the communication
+
+# if you don't know how to fork/exec in a C program, this could be helpful under limited cirmustances (would be ok to liaise with sentserver)
+
+use strict;
+use IPC::Open2;
+$,=' ';
+my $quiet=$ENV{QUIET};
+sub info {
+    print STDERR @_ unless $quiet;
+}
+
+my @c1;
+do {
+    push @c1,shift
+} while $c1[$#c1] ne '--';
+pop @c1;
+my @c2=@ARGV;
+(scalar @c1 && scalar @c2) || die "usage: $0 cmd1 args -- cmd2 args; hooks up two processes, 2nd of which has one line of output per line of input, expected by the first, which starts off the communication.  crosses stdin/stderr of cmd1 and cmd2 line by line (both must flush on newline and output.  cmd1 initiates the conversation (sends the first line).  QUIET env var suppresses debugging output.";
+info("1 cmd:",@c1,"\n");
+info("2 cmd:",@c2,"\n");
+my ($R1,$W1,$R2,$W2);
+my $c1p=open2($R1,$W1,@c1); # Open2 R W backward from Open3.
+my $c2p=open2($R2,$W2,@c2);
+select $W2;
+$|=1;
+while(<$R1>) {
+    info("1:",$_);
+    print $_;
+    $_=<$R2>;
+    last unless defined $_;
+    info("2:",$_);
+    print $W1 $_;
+}