Mon Nov 14 17:16:20 CST 2011

Other Unix tools...

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I  started  thinking the other day that there might be a good way
to analyze all of the fundamental Unix tools out  there  that  to
find  holes  in  this matrix (of sorts) where no tool exists, but
should.

I was pointed to this page today, and it looks pretty neat.  Some
of the utils deal with more complex command linking, most notably
"pee". It's like "tee", but  for  deviating  to  another  process
rather than output STDOUT to a file.

more utils...

I  was  further  excited this weekend by learning of the parallel
gzip utility that provides a gzip workalike, but  actually  takes
advantage of manycore machines. It's called "pigz". Another great
name.

pigz

I've been very interested in  learning  more  about  Unix's  deep
rooted  and  practical  philosophies; and it might be just enough
motivate to attempt to write my own fundamental Unix  tools  that
do one thing, do it well, and work play well with others.

This  also  motivates  me a little to think of how I can make vee
more of a utility and not just for blagging over the commandline.

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