Having covered the best practices associated with using the Unix command line, both interactively and in shell scripts, you are now ready to go out and conquer the world by applying what you have learned in everyday practice.

Keep looking around for opportunities to apply your new-learned skills. Initially, automating some things may prove harder than doing them by hand. Yet, each time you conquer such a challenge, you become stronger and more capable of quickly addressing similar problems in the future. The Unix command line and all its tools are now yours.