Conference 7.286::humor

927.0. "UNIX Expertise Classification" by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (Thierry FAIDHERBE) Wed Mar 05 1997 02:17

I received that from a friend ... 8-]

UNIX Expertise Classification 

BEGINNER

     insecure with the concept of a terminal 
     has yet to learn the basics of vi 
     has not figured out how to get a directory 
     still has trouble with typing RETURN after each line 

NOVICE

     knows that ls will produce a directory 
     uses the screen editor but calls it "vie" 
     has heard of C but never used it 
     has had his first bad experience with rm 
     is wondering how to read his mail 
     wonders why the person next to him likes UNIX so much 

USER

     uses vi and nroff but inexpertly 
     has heard of regular expressions but never seen one 
     has figured out that "-" precedes options 
     has attempted to write a C program and decided to stick with Pascal 
     is wondering how to move a directory 
     knows how to read his mail and wonders how to read news 

KNOWLEDGEABLE USER

     uses nroff with no trouble and is learning tbl and eqn 
     uses grep to search for fixed strings 
     has figured out that mv will move directories 
     has learned that learn(1) doesn't help 
     somebody has shown him how to write C programs 
     once used sed to do some text substitution 
     thinks make is only for wimps 

EXPERT

     uses sed when necessary 
     uses macro's in vi, uses ex when necessary 
     posts news at every possible opportunity 
     write C programs with vi and compiles with cc 
     has figured out what && and || are for 
     thinks that human history started with !h 

HACKER

     uses sed and awk with comfort 
     uses undocumented features of vi 
     writes C code with cat >foo.c and compiles with !cc 
     uses adb because he doesn't trust source debuggers 
     can answer questions about the user environment 
     writes his own nroff macros to supplement standard ones 
     writes scripts for Bourne shell (/bin/sh) 
     knows how to install bug fixes 

GURU

     writes m4 and lex with comfort 
     writes assembly code with cat >foo.s 
     uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded 
     customizes utilities by patching the source 
     reads device driver source with breakfast 
     can answer any unix question after a little thought 
     uses make for anything that requires two or more commands 
     has learned to breach security but no longer needs to 

WIZARD

     writes device drivers with cat >foo.o 
     fixes bugs by patching the binaries 
     can answer any question before you ask 
     writes his own troff macro packages 
     is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill, and Ken 
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