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In Unix scripting the functions are computer programs which receive data from [[Standard streams|standard input]] and send the results to [[Standard streams|standard output]]. For example,
sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
is a tacit or point-free composition which returns the counts of its arguments and the arguments, in the order of decreasing counts. The {{
Due to the way pipelines work, it is normally possible only to pass one ''argument'' at a time in the form of a pair of standard [[input/output]] stream. Although extra [[file descriptor]]s can be opened from [[named pipe]]s, this no longer constitutes a point-free style.
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