# Method chaining with arguments to imitate unix piping?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/method-chaining-with-arguments-to-imitate-unix-piping/9308>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/method-chaining-with-arguments-to-imitate-unix-piping/9308 "2018-02-25T05:15:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/method-chaining-with-arguments-to-imitate-unix-piping/9308/2 "2018-02-25T06:43:43Z")

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> [@iwelch](#):
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> I believe that instead of `f(g(x))`, this means I can use `g(x) |> f()`

Nope, this means that you can use `g(x) |> f`, ie you use `f` as a function.

> [@iwelch](#):
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> accomplish something […] akin to Unix piping

You can of course do that, but you have to make the second argument of `|>` a closure, eg `s -> ismatch(regex, s)`.

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