This api syntax for running programs is taken straight from the assignment handout, but I thought I'd explicitly write it out just in case.
My tiny shell takes in the path to the user-created FIFO when the program is initially launched.
$ tshell .../FIFOfile
The syntax for running the two piped programs for my tiny shell is as follows:
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>>> .../program1 <args1> | .../program2 <args2> -
e.g.
>>> echo "Hello world!" | wc