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by JohnFen 1022 days ago
> My primary reason for using classic Unix utilities is trusting that they'll still work in a few years

Mine is that they're ubiquitous and I can rely on them existing on all Unices. For the same reason, I avoid getting used to any features that are unique to a particular platform or distribution. It just causes additional friction when I'm working on a different system.