I love to program with shell. I'm a big Linux fan and use it exclusively and extensively. I'm usually always working on one of my many shell projects, some rather large. I'm sort of obsessed, TBH. xD

I like using vimscript, (I love VIM and use it daily) but don't tend to use vimscript much anymore. I made a couple of simple functions recently, to change colorschemes on-the-fly, by calling functions using the keys <leader>color1<CR> and <leader>color2<CR>, but that's about it; not something I'll really use, I was just missing vimscript. xD

I used to use awk quite a bit. I stopped obsessing over it once I got enough out of it and eventually came across more efficient ways (using tools like cut, grep, tr, shell builtins, shell logic, bash brace variable usage, extended globbing, etc).

I did go through a phase of learning python and I still sometimes miss some of the syntax, but there are things about it which really put me off. I'm more into system administration and writing programs for added functionality, (terminal-focused) typically to that effect, so I guess it's just as well I'm happy with shell.

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Oh, and regarding hacking, I can't imagine that's an appropriate topic here, however, I will add that I became very interested in that topic a while back. I wanted to better understand Internet security. What I learned is very useful when administering Linux and all that jazz. I'm far more aware than I ever was, that's for sure. I still learn, but not necessarily "hacking", more things you can do to bolster security, such as locking the root password, using shadow passwords, using nosuid and nodev on certain partitions like /tmp and /var, making sure you have a decent umask and permissions for system directories, checking tcp connections, using lsof to monitor ports, etc.
--- This paragraph might be triggering to those who suffer with paranoia ---

BTW, if anyone here is into shell or finds they do stuff in terminals on UNIX-like systems such as Mac or Linux, feel free to PM me if you need help with something or just want to talk nerd.

I use it to learn, communicate, and for entertainment like YouTube and Netflix. I know there's a dark, disgusting side to the Internet, but there's a lot of plus points to it as well.

My knowledge with code, Linux, German, guitar, body language, mental health, dogs, and a bunch of other things are partly or even entirely down to having the Internet as a learning resource. Not to mention were it not for the Internet, we wouldn't be able to post these messages for us all to see. I've also been able to help people with all sorts online, from support regarding MH or helping with their code or an issue they have on Linux; that would not have been at all possible if I didn't have the Internet.