#include <sys/un.h>
#include <your/brain.h>
DESCRIPTION
Unix is a portable, multitasking, multiuser operating system that emphasizes:
* Small, sharp tools
* Everything is a file
* Pipe-driven workflows
* No captive user interfaces
* 100% more beard than competing systems
PHILOSOPHY
The Unix philosophy, as articulated by Kernighan and Mashey:
1. Write programs that do one thing and do it well.
2. Write programs to work together.
3. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.
Or, as McIlroy put it: "This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing
and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams,
because that is a universal interface."
FILES
/bin/ - Where the sharp tools live
/etc/ - System configuration (edit at your own risk)
/dev/null - The ultimate bit bucket
/dev/tty - Your teletype, your rules
EXAMPLES
To count the number of righteous users:
Try talking to your fellow users:
SEE ALSO
sh(1), grep(1), awk(1), sed(1), and the holy trinity of ed(1), vi(1), emacs(1)
HISTORY
Unix was born in 1969 at AT&T Bell Labs, grew a beard in the 1970s,
and achieved enlightenment in the 1980s with BSD and System V.
BUGS
The only bug is between the keyboard and the chair.