Pipeline thinking: This is the pipe-and-filter architectural style. Well documented in the industry. For pipe-and-filter system management use case, I tend to

Pipeline thinking: This is the pipe-and-filter architectural style. Well documented in the industry. For pipe-and-filter system management use case, I tend to think that Powershell is the peak of the shell evolution currently, but that is probably my limited insight. When I learnt shell scripting, zsh was the best available :) but I preferred the ksh.