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The UNIX Pipe Card Game

A card game for teaching kids how to combine unix commands through pipes.

Requirements

<30
2-6
12+

Description

This is a card game for teaching kids how to combine unix commands through pipes.

This game assumes the parent knows the basic unix commands: cat, grep, tail, head, wc, sort, uniq. The parent should also show those commands in action the computer as well, if you do not have any UNIX system you can use jslinux in your browser.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Original authors github.com/jackdoe and Jackie (11 yo)

Originally sold in the UK from https://punkx.org/unix-pipe-game/

Original source files from https://github.com/jackdoe/programming-for-kids/tree/master/projects/unix-pipe-game

This version omits one copy of the grep card from the original.

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Publish Date October 19, 2022
Edition First
Department Games
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More Info The UNIX Pipe Card Game web site

Why buy this?

  • Unix/Linux
  • Programming
  • Pipes

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Notes

  • This game contains a premium upgrade called UV Coating that makes the printed components more durable.
  • This game contains a premium upgrade where the printed components will be embossed with a linen texture.

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