vipe
Run a text editor in the middle of a UNIX pipeline. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Edit the output of command1 before piping it into command2
command1 | vipe | command2IdentifyBuffer the output of command1 in a temporary file with the specified file extension in order to aid syntax highlighting
command1 | vipe --suffix json | command2IdentifyUse the specified text editor
command1 | EDITOR=vim vipe | command2Identify