How to show that This Linear map satisfies $T(f)=f'(0)$

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Show that any linear map $T: C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}) \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying

  • (a) $T(1)=0$,
  • (b) $T(x)=1$,
  • (c) $T(fg) = f(0)T(g)+g(0)T(f)$
    is unique, and thus show that any such $T$ satisfies $T(f)=f'(0)$.

Now, I have proved that $T $ must be unique but I am not able to prove that $T(f)$ must be equal to $f'(0)$. I tried by putting $g=1 $ in $T(fg) = f(0)T(g)+g(0)T(f)$ and and then differentiating , differentiating $T(fg) = f(0)T(g)+g(0)T(f)$ and then putting $g=1$ but they don't help with what I want to prove.

So, what approach should I use.