diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 2049cf5ade283..d34057c4e4b0c 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -207,16 +207,17 @@ const MemoryError = OutOfMemoryError
 #9295
 @deprecate push!(t::Associative, key, v)  setindex!(t, v, key)
 
-@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractCmd)    pipe(src, dest)
-@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractCmd)    pipe(src, stderr=dest)
-@deprecate (|>)(src::Redirectable,   dest::AbstractCmd)    pipe(src, dest)
-@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::Redirectable)   pipe(src, dest)
-@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::Redirectable)   pipe(src, stderr=dest)
-@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipe(src, dest)
-@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractString, dest::AbstractCmd)    pipe(src, dest)
-@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipe(src, stderr=dest)
-@deprecate (>>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipe(src, stdout=dest, append=true)
-@deprecate (.>>)(src::AbstractCmd,   dest::AbstractString) pipe(src, stderr=dest, append=true)
+@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractCmd)    pipeline(src, dest)
+@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractCmd)    pipeline(src, stderr=dest)
+@deprecate (|>)(src::Redirectable,   dest::AbstractCmd)    pipeline(src, dest)
+@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::Redirectable)   pipeline(src, dest)
+@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::Redirectable)   pipeline(src, stderr=dest)
+@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipeline(src, dest)
+@deprecate (|>)(src::AbstractString, dest::AbstractCmd)    pipeline(src, dest)
+@deprecate (.>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipeline(src, stderr=dest)
+@deprecate (>>)(src::AbstractCmd,    dest::AbstractString) pipeline(src, stdout=dest, append=true)
+@deprecate (.>>)(src::AbstractCmd,   dest::AbstractString) pipeline(src, stderr=dest, append=true)
+@deprecate pipe pipeline
 
 # 10314
 @deprecate filter!(r::Regex, d::Dict) filter!((k,v)->ismatch(r,k), d)
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 749af12bba8f8..4fe1bd3989cd7 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ export
     nb_available,
     ntoh,
     open,
-    pipe,
+    pipeline,
     Pipe,
     PipeBuffer,
     poll_fd,
diff --git a/base/interactiveutil.jl b/base/interactiveutil.jl
index 1d4c8c0f111c4..41b06768ad22a 100644
--- a/base/interactiveutil.jl
+++ b/base/interactiveutil.jl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ end
         global _clipboardcmd
         _clipboardcmd !== nothing && return _clipboardcmd
         for cmd in (:xclip, :xsel)
-            success(pipe(`which $cmd`, DevNull)) && return _clipboardcmd = cmd
+            success(pipeline(`which $cmd`, DevNull)) && return _clipboardcmd = cmd
         end
         error("no clipboard command found, please install xsel or xclip")
     end
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=STDOUT, verbose::Bool=false)
     println(io,             "  WORD_SIZE: ", Sys.WORD_SIZE)
     if verbose
         lsb = ""
-        @linux_only try lsb = readchomp(pipe(`lsb_release -ds`, stderr=DevNull)) end
+        @linux_only try lsb = readchomp(pipeline(`lsb_release -ds`, stderr=DevNull)) end
         @windows_only try lsb = strip(readall(`$(ENV["COMSPEC"]) /c ver`)) end
         if lsb != ""
             println(io,     "           ", lsb)
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ downloadcmd = nothing
     global downloadcmd
     if downloadcmd === nothing
         for checkcmd in (:curl, :wget, :fetch)
-            if success(pipe(`which $checkcmd`, DevNull))
+            if success(pipeline(`which $checkcmd`, DevNull))
                 downloadcmd = checkcmd
                 break
             end
diff --git a/base/pkg/entry.jl b/base/pkg/entry.jl
index 036f7d24d95bb..6b17f0a28db92 100644
--- a/base/pkg/entry.jl
+++ b/base/pkg/entry.jl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function add(pkg::AbstractString, vers::VersionSet)
                 outdated = :yes
             else
                 try
-                    run(pipe(Git.cmd(`fetch -q --all`, dir="METADATA"),stdout=DevNull,stderr=DevNull))
+                    run(pipeline(Git.cmd(`fetch -q --all`, dir="METADATA"),stdout=DevNull,stderr=DevNull))
                     outdated = Git.success(`diff --quiet origin/$branch`, dir="METADATA") ?
                         (:no) : (:yes)
                 end
diff --git a/base/pkg/generate.jl b/base/pkg/generate.jl
index 738fb3af1c974..8de5321149295 100644
--- a/base/pkg/generate.jl
+++ b/base/pkg/generate.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ github_user() = readchomp(ignorestatus(`git config --global --get github.user`))
 function git_contributors(dir::AbstractString, n::Int=typemax(Int))
     contrib = Dict()
     tty = @windows? "CON:" : "/dev/tty"
-    for line in eachline(pipe(tty, Git.cmd(`shortlog -nes`, dir=dir)))
+    for line in eachline(pipeline(tty, Git.cmd(`shortlog -nes`, dir=dir)))
         m = match(r"\s*(\d+)\s+(.+?)\s+\<(.+?)\>\s*$", line)
         m === nothing && continue
         commits, name, email = m.captures
diff --git a/base/pkg/git.jl b/base/pkg/git.jl
index 5959f674dffde..32e492f074dc1 100644
--- a/base/pkg/git.jl
+++ b/base/pkg/git.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function git(d)
 end
 
 cmd(args::Cmd; dir="") = `$(git(dir)) $args`
-run(args::Cmd; dir="", out=STDOUT) = Base.run(pipe(cmd(args,dir=dir), out))
+run(args::Cmd; dir="", out=STDOUT) = Base.run(pipeline(cmd(args,dir=dir), out))
 readall(args::Cmd; dir="") = Base.readall(cmd(args,dir=dir))
 readchomp(args::Cmd; dir="") = Base.readchomp(cmd(args,dir=dir))
 
diff --git a/base/process.jl b/base/process.jl
index 34af848d60b62..8d725a3d7657c 100644
--- a/base/process.jl
+++ b/base/process.jl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function show(io::IO, cmd::Cmd)
 end
 
 function show(io::IO, cmds::Union{OrCmds,ErrOrCmds})
-    print(io, "pipe(")
+    print(io, "pipeline(")
     show(io, cmds.a)
     print(io, ", ")
     print(io, isa(cmds, ErrOrCmds) ? "stderr=" : "stdout=")
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ type CmdRedirect <: AbstractCmd
 end
 
 function show(io::IO, cr::CmdRedirect)
-    print(io, "pipe(")
+    print(io, "pipeline(")
     show(io, cr.cmd)
     print(io, ", ")
     if cr.stream_no == STDOUT_NO
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ redir_err(src::AbstractCmd, dest::AbstractString) = CmdRedirect(src, FileRedirec
 redir_out_append(src::AbstractCmd, dest::AbstractString) = CmdRedirect(src, FileRedirect(dest, true), STDOUT_NO)
 redir_err_append(src::AbstractCmd, dest::AbstractString) = CmdRedirect(src, FileRedirect(dest, true), STDERR_NO)
 
-function pipe(cmd::AbstractCmd; stdin=nothing, stdout=nothing, stderr=nothing, append::Bool=false)
+function pipeline(cmd::AbstractCmd; stdin=nothing, stdout=nothing, stderr=nothing, append::Bool=false)
     if append && stdout === nothing && stderr === nothing
         error("append set to true, but no output redirections specified")
     end
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ function pipe(cmd::AbstractCmd; stdin=nothing, stdout=nothing, stderr=nothing, a
     return cmd
 end
 
-pipe(cmd::AbstractCmd, dest) = pipe(cmd, stdout=dest)
-pipe(src::Union{Redirectable,AbstractString}, cmd::AbstractCmd) = pipe(cmd, stdin=src)
+pipeline(cmd::AbstractCmd, dest) = pipeline(cmd, stdout=dest)
+pipeline(src::Union{Redirectable,AbstractString}, cmd::AbstractCmd) = pipeline(cmd, stdin=src)
 
-pipe(a, b, c, d...) = pipe(pipe(a,b), c, d...)
+pipeline(a, b, c, d...) = pipeline(pipeline(a,b), c, d...)
 
 typealias RawOrBoxedHandle Union{UVHandle,AsyncStream,Redirectable,IOStream}
 typealias StdIOSet NTuple{3,RawOrBoxedHandle}
diff --git a/base/random.jl b/base/random.jl
index da6ffff361da9..397aebb600999 100644
--- a/base/random.jl
+++ b/base/random.jl
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function make_seed()
         seed = reinterpret(UInt64, time())
         seed = hash(seed, UInt64(getpid()))
         try
-        seed = hash(seed, parse(UInt64, readall(pipe(`ifconfig`, `sha1sum`))[1:40], 16))
+        seed = hash(seed, parse(UInt64, readall(pipeline(`ifconfig`, `sha1sum`))[1:40], 16))
         end
         return make_seed(seed)
     end
diff --git a/test/spawn.jl b/test/spawn.jl
index 88c673b617415..81b9fbfdcc62e 100644
--- a/test/spawn.jl
+++ b/test/spawn.jl
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ yes = `perl -le 'while (1) {print STDOUT "y"}'`
 #### Examples used in the manual ####
 
 @test readall(`echo hello | sort`) == "hello | sort\n"
-@test readall(pipe(`echo hello`, `sort`)) == "hello\n"
-@test length(spawn(pipe(`echo hello`, `sort`)).processes) == 2
+@test readall(pipeline(`echo hello`, `sort`)) == "hello\n"
+@test length(spawn(pipeline(`echo hello`, `sort`)).processes) == 2
 
 out = readall(`echo hello` & `echo world`)
 @test search(out,"world") != (0,0)
 @test search(out,"hello") != (0,0)
-@test readall(pipe(`echo hello` & `echo world`, `sort`)) == "hello\nworld\n"
+@test readall(pipeline(`echo hello` & `echo world`, `sort`)) == "hello\nworld\n"
 
 @test (run(`printf "       \033[34m[stdio passthrough ok]\033[0m\n"`); true)
 
 # Test for SIGPIPE being treated as normal termination (throws an error if broken)
-@unix_only @test (run(pipe(yes,`head`,DevNull)); true)
+@unix_only @test (run(pipeline(yes,`head`,DevNull)); true)
 
 begin
     a = Base.Condition()
     @schedule begin
-        p = spawn(pipe(yes,DevNull))
+        p = spawn(pipeline(yes,DevNull))
         Base.notify(a,p)
         @test !success(p)
     end
@@ -51,30 +51,30 @@ end
 
 if false
     prefixer(prefix, sleep) = `perl -nle '$|=1; print "'$prefix' ", $_; sleep '$sleep';'`
-    @test success(pipe(`perl -le '$|=1; for(0..2){ print; sleep 1 }'`,
+    @test success(pipeline(`perl -le '$|=1; for(0..2){ print; sleep 1 }'`,
                        prefixer("A",2) & prefixer("B",2)))
-    @test success(pipe(`perl -le '$|=1; for(0..2){ print; sleep 1 }'`,
+    @test success(pipeline(`perl -le '$|=1; for(0..2){ print; sleep 1 }'`,
                        prefixer("X",3) & prefixer("Y",3) & prefixer("Z",3),
                        prefixer("A",2) & prefixer("B",2)))
 end
 
 @test  success(`true`)
 @test !success(`false`)
-@test success(pipe(`true`, `true`))
+@test success(pipeline(`true`, `true`))
 if false
     @test  success(ignorestatus(`false`))
-    @test  success(pipe(ignorestatus(`false`), `true`))
-    @test !success(pipe(ignorestatus(`false`), `false`))
+    @test  success(pipeline(ignorestatus(`false`), `true`))
+    @test !success(pipeline(ignorestatus(`false`), `false`))
     @test !success(ignorestatus(`false`) & `false`)
-    @test  success(ignorestatus(pipe(`false`, `false`)))
+    @test  success(ignorestatus(pipeline(`false`, `false`)))
     @test  success(ignorestatus(`false` & `false`))
 end
 
 # STDIN Redirection
 file = tempname()
-run(pipe(`echo hello world`, file))
-@test readall(pipe(file, `cat`)) == "hello world\n"
-@test open(readall, pipe(file, `cat`), "r") == "hello world\n"
+run(pipeline(`echo hello world`, file))
+@test readall(pipeline(file, `cat`)) == "hello world\n"
+@test open(readall, pipeline(file, `cat`), "r") == "hello world\n"
 rm(file)
 
 # Stream Redirection
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ rm(file)
         port, server = listenany(2326)
         put!(r,port)
         client = accept(server)
-        @test readall(pipe(client, `cat`)) == "hello world\n"
+        @test readall(pipeline(client, `cat`)) == "hello world\n"
         close(server)
     end
     @async begin
         sock = connect(fetch(r))
-        run(pipe(`echo hello world`, sock))
+        run(pipeline(`echo hello world`, sock))
         close(sock)
     end
 end
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ str2 = readall(stdout)
 
 # This test hangs if the end of run walk across uv streams calls shutdown on a stream that is shutting down.
 file = tempname()
-open(pipe(`cat -`, file), "w") do io
+open(pipeline(`cat -`, file), "w") do io
     write(io, str)
 end
 rm(file)
@@ -173,17 +173,17 @@ exename = joinpath(JULIA_HOME, Base.julia_exename())
 if valgrind_off
     # If --trace-children=yes is passed to valgrind, we will get a
     # valgrind banner here, not "Hello World\n".
-    @test readall(pipe(`$exename -f -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'`, stderr=`cat`)) == "Hello World\n"
+    @test readall(pipeline(`$exename -f -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'`, stderr=`cat`)) == "Hello World\n"
     p = Pipe()
-    run(pipe(`$exename -f -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'`, stderr = p))
+    run(pipeline(`$exename -f -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'`, stderr = p))
     @test readall(p) == "Hello World\n"
 end
 
 # issue #6310
-@test readall(pipe(`echo "2+2"`, `$exename -f`)) == "4\n"
+@test readall(pipeline(`echo "2+2"`, `$exename -f`)) == "4\n"
 
 # issue #5904
-@test run(pipe(ignorestatus(`false`), `true`)) === nothing
+@test run(pipeline(ignorestatus(`false`), `true`)) === nothing
 
 
 # issue #6010
@@ -247,16 +247,16 @@ let bad = "bad\0name"
 end
 
 # issue #8529
-@test_throws ErrorException run(pipe(Base.Pipe(C_NULL), `cat`))
+@test_throws ErrorException run(pipeline(Base.Pipe(C_NULL), `cat`))
 let fname = tempname()
     open(fname, "w") do f
         println(f, "test")
     end
     code = """
     for line in eachline(STDIN)
-        run(pipe(`echo asdf`,`cat`))
+        run(pipeline(`echo asdf`,`cat`))
     end
     """
-    @test success(pipe(`cat $fname`, `$exename -e $code`))
+    @test success(pipeline(`cat $fname`, `$exename -e $code`))
     rm(fname)
 end
diff --git a/test/strings/io.jl b/test/strings/io.jl
index 1677094d93f9e..dc315fb3bb62e 100644
--- a/test/strings/io.jl
+++ b/test/strings/io.jl
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ else
     for encoding in ["UTF-32LE", "UTF-16BE", "UTF-16LE", "UTF-8"]
         output_path = joinpath(unicodedir, encoding*".unicode")
         f = Base.FS.open(output_path,Base.JL_O_WRONLY|Base.JL_O_CREAT,Base.S_IRUSR | Base.S_IWUSR | Base.S_IRGRP | Base.S_IROTH)
-        run(pipe(`iconv -f $primary_encoding -t $encoding $primary_path`, f))
+        run(pipeline(`iconv -f $primary_encoding -t $encoding $primary_path`, f))
         Base.FS.close(f)
     end