The art of writing Linux utilities (IBM developerWorks)

[Posted January 14, 2004 by cook]

Peter Seebach explains the process behind the creation of generic Linux tools. "As a developer, you may have found that existing utilities don't always solve your problem. While you can solve many problems easily by stringing together existing utilities, solving other problems requires at least some amount of real programming. These latter tasks are often candidates for creating a new utility that, when combined with existing utilities, will solve the problem with a minimum of effort. This article looks at the qualities that make for a good utility and the design process that goes into it."

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