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Sure. But the comment wasn't "You probably shouldn't be touching the shell if you haven't shipped industry-leading products" it was "You probably shouldn't be touching the shell if you don't know what that does."

Also, if you needed to use it every day, I suspect it would be more familiar than a vague memory.

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I use the shell almost daily.

I don't pipe command output daily, though. I use the shell because often it's easier than point-and-click for a lot of operations.

The shell has plenty of use cases that don't involve piping output. Saying you shouldn't touch the shell unless you understand piping output is like saying you shouldn't touch a refrigerator unless you know the perfect temperature to store milk.

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