/proc was originally binary - so it was not designed for humans *or* scripts - but
for programs. see:
Author: T.J. Killian
Title: Processes as Files
Pages: 203-207
Publisher: USENIX
Proceedings: USENIX Conference Proceedings
Date: Summer 1984
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Institution: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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simon
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