John Salerno wrote: > Simon Forman wrote: > > > It's simple, short, and to-the-point. The equivalent python script > > would be much longer, for no appreciable gain. I write most of my tiny > > little helper scripts in python, but in this case, bash is the clear > > winnar. (And on *nix. man pages are your best friend. Plus you get to > > feel all l33t when you grok them. lol) > > Thanks for the info! I might grudgingly decide to use a bash script in > this case. :)
You're welcome. lol :) > And yes, it seems every time I ask a Linux question, everyone points me > to a man page. Sometimes I find them difficult to decipher, but they are > still a great help. Yup. When I started with Linux, man pages were one of those things I resisted... until I started actually reading them. Then I kicked myself for not starting sooner. :) Neat trick: man -k <search term> Shows you man pages matching your search term (I think it's the same thing as the "apropos" command.) It searches the command names and summary lines. Peace, ~Simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
