- Lists: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/introduction.html#lists
- Tuples: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences
- Namedtuples: http://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple
- OrderedDict: http://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict
- split(): http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.split
- strip(), rstrip() and other string methods: http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods
- Reading and writing files: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files
- os module: http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/os.html
- platform module: http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/platform.html
- pwd module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/pwd.html
- spwd module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/spwd.html
- grp module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/grp.html
- subprocess module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html
- ConfigParser module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html
- readline module: http://docs.python.org/2/library/readline.html
- Long Mode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_mode
- /proc file system: http://linux.die.net/man/5/proc
- sysfs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysfs