How can I get a list of all open named pipes in Windows?

Is there an easy way to test whether your named pipe is working correctly? I want to make sure that the data I'm sending from my app is actually being sent. Is there a quick and easy way to get a list of all the named pipes?

You can view these with Process Explorer from sysinternals. Use the "Find -> Find Handle or DLL..." option and enter the pattern "\Device\NamedPipe\". It will show you which processes have which pipes open.

In the Windows Powershell console, type

[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles("\\.\\pipe\\")

get-childitem \\.\pipe\

This returns a list of objects. If you want the name only:

(get-childitem \\.\pipe\).FullName

(The second example \\.\pipe\ does not work in Powershell 7, but the first example does)

Try the following instead:

String[] listOfPipes = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"\\.\pipe\");