Unix

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)