EP 04: A concise explanation of why pipes conceptually exist #1530
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Pipes are a core component of the Unix "do one thing and do it well" philosophy, and a lot of utilities work the way they do because of this mindset. I think a brief mention will help students understand the purpose and power of pipes, and why composition is such a useful tool, not just in the shell, but in computer systems as a whole.
This might be best done as a callout at the beginning of the lesson, as it is only adjacently related to teaching how pipes work, so is probably best left out of the main flow. However, I think it would provide useful context that responds well to the natural "what problem do pipes solve?" question we sometimes get when teaching this lesson.
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https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/04-pipefilter.html