BEGINNER
-insecure with the concept of a terminal
-has yet to learn the basics of 'vi'
-hasn't figured out yet how to get a directory
-still has trouble with typing {RETURN} at the end of each line
NOVICE
-knows that 'ls' will produce a directory
-uses the editor, but calls it 'vye'
-has heard of 'C' but never used it
-has had his first bad experience with 'rm'
-is wongering how to read his mail
-is wondering why the person next to him seem to like Unix so much
USER
-uses 'vi' and 'nroff', but inexpertly
-has heard of 'regular-expression' but never seen one
-uses 'egrep' to search for fixed strings
-has figured out that '-' precedes options
-is wondering how to move a directory
-has attempted to write a 'C' program and decided to stick with pascal
-thinks that 'dbx' is a brand of stereo component
-knows how to read his mail and wonders how to read news
KNOWLEDGEABLE USER
-uses 'nroff' without trouble, and is beginning to learn 'tbl' and 'eqn'
-thinks that 'fgrep' is fast grep
-has figured out that 'mv' will move directories
-has learned that 'learn' doesn't help
-someone has shown him how to write 'C' programs
-once used 'sed' to do some text substitution
-has seen 'dbx' used but doesn't use it himself
-thinks that 'make' is for wimps
EXPERT
-uses 'sed' when necessary
-uses macros in 'vi', uses 'ex' when necessary
-posts news at every possible opportunity
-writes 'csh' scripts occasionally
-writes 'C' programs with 'vi' and compiles them with 'cc'
-has figured out what '&&' and '||' are for
-thinks that human history started with '!h'
HACKER
-uses 'sed' and 'awk' with comfort
-uses undocumented features of 'vi'
-writes 'C' code with 'cat > ' and compiles with '!cc'
-uses 'adb' because he doesn't trust source debuggers
-can answer questions about the user environment
-writes his own 'nroff' macros to supplement standard ones
-writes scripts for Bourne shell
GURU
-uses 'm4' and 'lex' with comfort
-writes assembly code with 'cat > '
-uses 'adb' on the kernel while the system is loaded
-customizes utilities by patching the source
-reads device driver source with his breakfast
-can answer any Unix question after a litte thought
-uses 'make' for anything requiring two or more distinct commands
to achieve
-has learned how to bread security, but no longer needs to try
WIZARD
-writes device drivers with 'cat > '
-fixes bugs by patching the binaries
-can answer any question before you ask
-writes his own 'troff' macro packages
-is on a first-name basis with Dennis, Bill and Ken
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