This gets shared a ton, but the old Bell Labs video from 4:56 to 10:52 is still the best way I have seen pipes explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0

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cube00 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Great video, when I first watched it, it switched my thinking from "why is *nix so hard to use" to understanding they were really trying to build with the user in mind and to learn more about the "*nix way" to work with it, not against it.

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Dilettante_ 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nit: You can get a link to a specific time in the video by clicking the "share" button and ticking "start at": https://youtu.be/tc4ROCJYbm0?&t=296

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racl101 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's amazing how these ideas conceived almost 50 years ago still are helpful for new computer users today. Just goes to show how well planned it was.

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