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UNIX commands are designed to be simple in the first place; they basically do one task per command. To make a more powerful sequence, just put (or pipe) several commands together in a sequence.

The ability to use many of the commands in different scenarios just by the command sequence is very powerful; the individual commands do not have to be that powerful or complex, but the result of using several of them in a row makes for a very powerful system.

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