Hi David, On 8/7/07, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm about to learn bash or python scripting. > > - Which one is easiest to learn? > > That's debatable, I think. Bash's syntax is more idiosyncratic, but > there's less of it. > > > - Which one is more powerful? > > Python. > Or should I learn bash scripting anyway? > > If you plan to do much system administration, learning bash scripting > is worthwhile. There are three reasons I can think of right off the > bat: > - Every Unix-like system you encounter will have some version of the > Bourne shell. Not every system will have Python. > - You will often need to modify or maintain other people's bash > scripts, since that's how most startup scripts and the like are written. > - Simple bash scripts can be done right from the shell prompt, which > is sometimes handy. I wish I'd discovers Linux some ten years ago. I have literally hundreds of AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts - some of them very powerful - that don't even come close to converting to bash (or maybe python). Now I feel I've to re-invent the wheel. Thanks for your input, Manon.
