Haven't read this fully, so not commenting on it (apart from my other comments in this thread), but can recommend this: 1. Get and read The UNIX Programming En

Haven't read this fully, so not commenting on it (apart from my other comments in this thread), but can recommend this: 1. Get and read The UNIX Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=the+unix+programming+environment https://www.google.co.in/search?q=the+unix+programming+envir... A classic. Outdated [1] some, for modern Linuxes and BSDs, so: 2. Supplement it by reading Linux / BSD man pages and get a book or two on one of those OSes, or other Unix variant you are using, such as Mac OS X. [1] But you are unlikely to find another book that better conveys the Zen of UNIX, so to speak. The authors were early UNIX users and developers, and Rob Pike (now at Google) is one of the creators of the Go language.