Unix is pretty amazing for many things.

I mostly love its philosophy of making small composable tools that do one thing and do it well.

Notes

• /dev/tty is a synonym for the controlling terminal (if any) of the current process.

Links

• ​Shell scripts and tools​

• ​Stream editing​

• ​AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System - Awesome lookback on history of UNIX.

• ​cicada - Simple Unix shell written in Rust.

• ​Test your sysadmin skills​

• ​The History of Unix, Rob Pike (2018)​

• ​For the Love of Pipes (2019) (HN)