On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:10:17 -0800, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Potter wrote: >> I learned some python in windows. >> And now I've turned to linux. >> I read a book and it teaches how to write shell script with bash, >> but I don't feel like the grammar of bash. ...
> My strongest advice would be to let go of the idea of "shell scripting" > altogether and begin to write programs built from libraries to solve > your problems. Shell scripting is "building from libraries". In this case, other executables are the libraries. > The mere act of beginning to write a shell script (in, > say, bash) will tie you to that "language", In what way is shell scripting different from Python scripting here? > even when you realize your > task was much more complex than you had originally imagined. It has > happened to me time and time again. Opinions differ, of course. Me, I don't hesitate to write Bourne shell scripts when that seems like the straightforward idea. Then it's my responsibility to move to something else -- usually Python -- if the problem grows out of its language. (And I have to admit, I don't let it grow very complex before I make that choice, because I don't known Bourne shell that well.) /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.dyndns.org> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
