Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 04/11/08 13:47, Daniel Mahoney wrote: > > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > >> I keep coming up against a wall "Solid scripting experience required" > >> in my job search (for Linux sys admin). IYHO, what would be the one > >> scripting language to learn? > > > > Though I find Python to be clearer and easier to write, Perl would > > probably be a good choice. There are a lot more tools out there written > > in Perl than those written in Python. > > Python certainly is more rational, but what the ad means is "solid > shell (which implies sed & awk) and Perl experience required".
Not a given. When employers are posting ads demanding "Solid Computing Skills; must have used MS Office!", wtfd "Solid scripting" mean? If you've no scripting exp., you may have a problem. In my experience, "Solid scripting" means "Oh, you know what shell scripts are? Cool." And this is at some very big corps. "sed? awk? What are those?" -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
