===== Brainstorming: Bash 101 for sysadmins =====
== (a.k.a. the Linux command line) ==

  * Command line
  * text files
  * magic string
  * permissions
  * script files
  * conditionals if, else
  * loops while
  * test [ [[ -e -ne
  * gnu.org
  * portability and readability
  * math (eval)
  * strings printf, echo
  * user input
  * parsing parameters
  * offering help
  * filesystem conventions and standards
  * redirection
  * shell utilities grep, cat
  * other tools screen, nohup
  * backgrounding
  * top
  * tr
  * sending mail
  * set, IFS, OFS
  * regular expressions
  * debugging set -x
  * safe coding -quotes, deleting with find

== getting help ==
  * gnu.org
  * superuser.com


== examples == 
  * prompting for user input
  * non portable bouncing ball program

== additional topics ==
  * double and triple escape maddness and how to avoid it.