The problem is that the pipeline model is extremely fragile and breaks in unexpected ways in unexpected places when hit with the real world.
The need to handle spaces and quotes can take you from a 20 character pipeline to a 10 line script, or a C program. That is not a good model whichever way you look at it.
The need to handle spaces and quotes can take you from a 20 character pipeline to a 10 line script, or a C program. That is not a good model whichever way you look at it.