diff --git a/src/main/ts/mixin/pipe.ts b/src/main/ts/mixin/pipe.ts
index 4226f0c..7683a5a 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/mixin/pipe.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/mixin/pipe.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream'
-import { assign } from '../util.js'
-import { VoidWritable } from '../spawn.js'
+import EventEmitter from 'node:events'
+import { assign, isStringLiteral } from '../util.js'
+import { VoidStream } from '../spawn.js'
 import type { TShell, TMixin, TShellCtx } from '../x.js'
 import { type TZurk, type TZurkPromise, isZurkAny } from '../zurk.js'
 
@@ -8,38 +9,47 @@ import { type TZurk, type TZurkPromise, isZurkAny } from '../zurk.js'
 export const pipeMixin: TMixin = <T extends TZurk | TZurkPromise >($: TShell, result: T, ctx: TShellCtx) =>
   isZurkAny(result)
     ? assign(result, {
-      pipe(...args: any[]) {
-        const target = args[0]
-        const { fulfilled, stdout, store } = ctx
-        if (isZurkAny(target)) {
-          // stream.ctx.input = fulfilled.stdout
-          const input = new VoidWritable()
-          target.ctx.input = input
+      pipe(...args: any) {
+        const [target, ...rest] = args
+        const { fulfilled, store, ee } = ctx
+        const from = new VoidStream()
+        const sync = !('then' in result)
+        const input = fulfilled ? fulfilled.stdout : from
+        const fill = () => {
           for (const chunk of store.stdout) {
-            input.push(chunk)
-          }
-          if (fulfilled) {
-            input.push(null)
-          } else {
-            stdout.pipe(input)
+            from.write(chunk)
           }
-
-          return target
         }
+        let _result
 
-        if (target instanceof Writable) {
-          for (const chunk of store.stdout) {
-            target.write(chunk)
-          }
-          if (fulfilled) {
-            target.end()
-            return target
-          }
+        if (isZurkAny(target)) {
+          target.ctx.input = input
+          _result = target
+        } else if (target instanceof Writable) {
+          _result = from.pipe(target)
+        } else if (isStringLiteral(target, ...rest)) {
+          _result = $.apply({ input: input, sync}, args)
+        } else {
+          throw new Error('Unsupported pipe argument')
+        }
 
-          return stdout.pipe(target)
+        if (fulfilled) {
+          fill()
+          from.end()
+        } else {
+          const onStdout = (chunk: string | Buffer) => from.write(chunk)
+          ee
+            .once('stdout', () => {
+              fill()
+              ee.on('stdout', onStdout)
+            })
+            .once('end', () => {
+              ee.removeListener('stdout', onStdout)
+              from.end()
+            })
         }
 
-        return $.apply({input: fulfilled?.stdout || stdout, sync: !('then' in result)}, args as any)
+        return _result
       }
     })
     : result
diff --git a/src/main/ts/spawn.ts b/src/main/ts/spawn.ts
index 0f7481c..6497d19 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/spawn.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/spawn.ts
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ export const defaults: TSpawnCtxNormalized = {
   spawnOpts:  {},
   get store() { return createStore() },
   callback:   noop,
-  get stdin() { return new VoidWritable() },
-  get stdout(){ return new VoidWritable() },
-  get stderr(){ return new VoidWritable() },
+  get stdin() { return new VoidStream() },
+  get stdout(){ return new VoidStream() },
+  get stderr(){ return new VoidStream() },
   stdio:      ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
   run:        setImmediate,
 }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export const processInput = (child: TChild, input?: TInput | null) => {
   }
 }
 
-export class VoidWritable extends Transform {
+export class VoidStream extends Transform {
   _transform(chunk: any, _: string, cb: (err?: Error) => void) {
     this.emit('data', chunk)
     cb()
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ export const invoke = (c: TSpawnCtxNormalized): TSpawnCtxNormalized => {
         ...result,
         get stdout() { return c.store.stdout.join('') },
         get stderr() { return c.store.stderr.join('') },
-        stdio,
         get stdall() { return c.store.stdall.join('') },
+        stdio,
         duration: Date.now() - now,
         ctx:      c
       })
diff --git a/src/test/ts/x.test.ts b/src/test/ts/x.test.ts
index cb80046..84bc2ad 100644
--- a/src/test/ts/x.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/ts/x.test.ts
@@ -170,5 +170,19 @@ describe('mixins', () => {
 
       assert.equal(piped.toString(), expected)
     })
+
+    it('supports multipiping', async () => {
+      const result = $`echo 1; sleep 1; echo 2; sleep 1; echo 3`
+      const piped1 = result.pipe`cat`
+      let piped2: any
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        piped2 = result.pipe`cat`
+      }, 1500)
+
+      await piped1
+      assert.equal((await piped1).toString(), '1\n2\n3')
+      assert.equal((await piped2).toString(), '1\n2\n3')
+    })
   })
 })