Thank you Magic Bannana ;-)
Your slides give an insight on what amazing capabilities
the shell offers.
for noobs like me:
http://vic.gedris.org/Manual-ShellIntro/1.2/ShellIntro.pdf
Just a question i often ask myself is how many years do students in IT study
shell or scripts.
from experience mastering (comfortably) a trade usually takes 10 years.
I suppose that applies to Network administrators,developers (considering most
of them have started out when they young) & like with music or languages the
younger you start the easier it is to aquire the discipline.