[ale] advice for intermediate linux'r

[hbbs at attbi.com (Jeff Hubbs)]

Christopher Bergeron wrote:

>This question is for the [L][i|U,u]n[i|u]x guru's out there:
>
>If there was once peice of advice you could give to all the intermediate [or
>newbie] linux users what would it be?  Or what is the most essential
>(non-obvious) utility that you know of.  I hope this doesn't turn into
>flamebait.  I'm hoping the answer will be something like sed or awk or emacs
>or something I've been procrastinating learning...
>
I think you nailed it right there.  Sed, awk, and xargs can give you 
some major kung fu.  Same if you can do things in Perl or Python.  I 
have a utility in mind that I want to create someday - if I do it in 
bash, I know xargs will be in there somewhere, or I could do it in Perl 
or Python.

>
>
>I think my goal is geared more toward the "command line" processing than the
>"networking" side of things (I know how to use nmap).
>
Actually, I feel that if I hired a Linux sysadmin, I'd like him to be 
super-effective at being able to do anything he needed to do on any 
server while sitting in his alpha-geek command chair :-).
I'd also like him to know how to get NIS and/or Kerberos going, so as to 
better trivialize account generation and maintenance.

- Jeff




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