I've often had the impression that mastery of command line tools is seen by some as a rite of passage. Looking at many of the comments elicited by this article

I've often had the impression that mastery of command line tools is seen by some as a rite of passage. Looking at many of the comments elicited by this article certainly makes me think so. I don't think he is trying to belittle command line tools: he clearly sees them as a pre-requisite for his line of work that is not fulfilled by many of his students. His use of "bullshit" may be unfortunate, but I think he's only trying to ---correctly--- point out to his students that the tools are the just that: tools that should not be intimidating and that will help them be much more efficient.