[nmglug] tips on becoming a power user?

[Akkana Peck]

Mark Galassi writes:
> 
> GNU/Linux hackers: I'm teaching a segment on becoming a Unix/GNULinux
> power user. any tips form expert hackers on what's important? As an
> example from Christopher Gabriel:
> 
> "'automate as much as possible' and 'track everything with version
> control' are good generic tips"

My first suggestion: be familiar with shell pipelines, particularly
piping commands through grep and sed.

        ...Akkana