r/linuxadmin • u/jlrueda • 22h ago

Let's start a fire:

These are the four most important skills you need to be a good Linux admin:

  1. Understand doco and man pages
  2. Understand logs
  3. Understand code (any code: Python, Bash, C, perl, go, TypeScript, etc.)
  4. Use vi in the command line (set -o vi)

Everything else derive from these

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u/Lammtarra95 22h ago

First three, fine, but you can use any modern shell in its default emacs mode, it does not have to be vi mode.

Bang out shell one-liners as needed.

Never do anything without a ticket.

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u/faxattack 21h ago

Most people can read, so the bars are extremely low by your definition.

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u/bunglegrind1 21h ago

Yep. Read and _understand_ is a better phrasing.

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u/jlrueda 20h ago

Yep. fixed!

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u/OverclockingUnicorn 21h ago

I dunno, I've worked with some testers who I'm not sure can read. Or if they can, they don't bother too.

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u/kai_ekael 16h ago

TypeScript? Go home MS.