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This is the Unix philosophy. Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.

Douglas McIlroy
Philosophy, Writing, Working Together
"The Unix Oral History Project". Interview with Michael S. Mahoney, www.princeton.edu.
This is the Unix philosophy. Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.