One of the greatest changes that happens when someone becomes a textsmith is not learning a new command. It is learning a new way of thinking. This second of the three-part series on working with streams delves into the psychology of a textsmith.

This post is the first of the three-part series on stream editing: but what does it mean to work with streams? This is where understanding its key editor comes into play.

One of the habits that gradually changes a person’s shell scripting style is discovering that Bash can manipulate text on its own.

Before we dive back into longer essays next week, here is a practical Textsmith Nugget that demonstrates one of the most satisfying moments in text-processing: changing hundreds of files with a single command.