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by stepik777 2953 days ago
Why is it a UNIX tool? What makes it UNIX? Would it not work on e.g. Windows?
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littlesheephtpt 2953 days ago
It ostensibly is a tool that follows the model/philosophy of unix: ie, a command line utility that does one thing well, inputs and outputs are text so they can be piped together, etc.
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