# How to read from a process stdout without it blocking?

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**Tags:** standard-library\
**Created:** [September 4, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-read-from-a-process-stdout-without-it-blocking/5880 "2024-09-04T15:31:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/how-to-read-from-a-process-stdout-without-it-blocking/5880/14 "2024-09-05T07:59:41Z")

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> [@markus](#):
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> I need this to be crossplatform (windows and linux)

Then `select()` is probably your choice (see also [this comment](https://ziggit.dev/t/iofthetiger/3065/51)). But I am not sure if this is really good advice.

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