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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Every PHP request or command line invocation triggers a TCP connection with the
 This decoupling allows the users to implement their own tools. Raw JSON objects can be inspected by dumping the stream content to standard output, for example:
 
 ```console
-socat tcp-listen:6666,fork,reuseaddr 'exec:jq .,fdout=0'
+socat tcp-listen:6666,fork,reuseaddr - | jq
 ```
 
 ## PHP extension