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-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const os = require('os');
-const util = require('util');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-
-// We're trying to reproduce:
-// $ echo "hello\nnode\nand\nworld" | grep o | sed s/o/a/
-
-var grep, sed, echo;
-
-if (common.isWindows) {
-  grep = spawn('grep', ['--binary', 'o']),
-  sed = spawn('sed', ['--binary', 's/o/O/']),
-  echo = spawn('cmd.exe',
-               ['/c', 'echo', 'hello&&', 'echo',
-                'node&&', 'echo', 'and&&', 'echo', 'world']);
-} else {
-  grep = spawn('grep', ['o']),
-  sed = spawn('sed', ['s/o/O/']),
-  echo = spawn('echo', ['hello\nnode\nand\nworld\n']);
-}
-
-/*
- * grep and sed hang if the spawn function leaks file descriptors to child
- * processes.
- * This happens when calling pipe(2) and then forgetting to set the
- * FD_CLOEXEC flag on the resulting file descriptors.
- *
- * This test checks child processes exit, meaning they don't hang like
- * explained above.
- */
-
-
-// pipe echo | grep
-echo.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
-  console.error('grep stdin write ' + data.length);
-  if (!grep.stdin.write(data)) {
-    echo.stdout.pause();
-  }
-});
-
-grep.stdin.on('drain', function(data) {
-  echo.stdout.resume();
-});
-
-// propagate end from echo to grep
-echo.stdout.on('end', function(code) {
-  grep.stdin.end();
-});
-
-echo.on('exit', function() {
-  console.error('echo exit');
-});
-
-grep.on('exit', function() {
-  console.error('grep exit');
-});
-
-sed.on('exit', function() {
-  console.error('sed exit');
-});
-
-
-// pipe grep | sed
-grep.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
-  console.error('grep stdout ' + data.length);
-  if (!sed.stdin.write(data)) {
-    grep.stdout.pause();
-  }
-});
-
-sed.stdin.on('drain', function(data) {
-  grep.stdout.resume();
-});
-
-// propagate end from grep to sed
-grep.stdout.on('end', function(code) {
-  console.error('grep stdout end');
-  sed.stdin.end();
-});
-
-
-var result = '';
-
-// print sed's output
-sed.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
-  result += data.toString('utf8', 0, data.length);
-  util.print(data);
-});
-
-sed.stdout.on('end', function(code) {
-  assert.equal(result, 'hellO' + os.EOL + 'nOde' + os.EOL + 'wOrld' + os.EOL);
-});