Follow examples. Hack other people's scripts. Troubleshoot some half-working tool. Don't hesitate to flip back to manpages for reference, but other people's scr

Follow examples. Hack other people's scripts. Troubleshoot some half-working tool. Don't hesitate to flip back to manpages for reference, but other people's scripts will show you how it's done (or serve as a warning.) Oh yeah, Linux has a tradition of the HOWTO tutorials. grep those in /usr/share/doc.