A nicely written commandline tutorial from RedHat which is good for anyone using a Unix-based OS. OS X has spoiled me and I have gotten away from using the commandline as much as I would like so I have found myself ssh’ing into one of my servers just to play around on the commandline.

The first part of this series focuses on that versatile editor and the magic you can weave by combining fundamental concepts of UNIX with a healthy disregard for public safety. The second part will specialize a bit and focus on using what you learn in the first article when combined with the ubiquitous system administrator survival knife of a language, perl. The goal, however, isn’t just to walk on the wrong side of the tracks and live to tell the tale; quite the opposite. The goal is to become more efficient, solve problems that otherwise would be very time consuming, and maybe, just maybe, impress people while we’re at it. After all, any “sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Back to the commandline for me…

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