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Unix Pipe Playground

Small tools, piped together. Build powerful commands from simple pieces.

Interactive companion to Issue 4: Small Tools, Big Ideas

"This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together."

— Doug McIlroy

1 Choose a File
Click a file to preview its contents
Goal:
$ Select a file to start building...
Your command pipeline will appear here
Run the pipeline to see data flowing through each stage