Well, I’d like to thank the author for writing this. I always enjoy having the veil of “magic” lifted from computers. UNIX’s simplicity of “everything is a fil

Well, I’d like to thank the author for writing this. I always enjoy having the veil of “magic” lifted from computers. UNIX’s simplicity of “everything is a file” continues to surprise me, even though it shouldn’t any more. I think a lack of confidence in my understanding of the basics, leaves me tempted to copy from others as you mention.