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trTr: change bytes without losing the recordsprintfPrintf: keep the format separate from the dataxargsXargs: turn a stream into work without losing its meaningfindFind: choose the files, control the consequencessortSort: decide what order—and equality—really meandiffdiff’s most important output is sometimes 1vimVim edits more than textsed + awkThe pipe is easy. The handoff is the hard partsedsed has a memory. Here’s how to use itawkThe data language hiding in your shellgrepThe lines you did not expect to find