Unload/load to/from named pipe

Hi,
I want to unload data to a named pipe and
load data from that pipe.
Is there any way for this.
Kind Regards

Some KMs are using named pipe.
take this KM as example : IKM SQL to Teradata (piped TPUMP-FAST-MULTILOAD)
This only work for unix pipe! not for window...

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