Use the power of your Linux box by writing shell scripts. There are lots of books on the subject, and you'll start building a repository of useful utilities.
Make sure you work in a "safe" area.
Start with an "easy" shell, like the Bourne Shell, and work your way up to the C Shell. Then you can jump to "real" programming languages that are compiled, linked, produce executables, DLLs, etc.
Doing it this way has the ease of learning interpreted languages with the power and complexities of higher languages. |
