Advanced

Basics 101: ruby python bash perl expect php, How do the exact same thing in the 6 languages!

Posted by asanabria6910 on · Post a comment
linuxdynasty.org; By Kent Lee
Mail this story
Print this story

Watch as a red snake breaks open an oyster anticipating a new designer drug...no, that's not what that title means. Actually, this is a scripting tutorial of some basic methods like getopts, variable manipulation, output formatting, conditionals and functions/subroutines. Scripting languages translate very much like Romance Languages --- usually the quickest way to learn a second one is to simply translate your knowledge of the first one. A year ago, I had written a Zenoss-v1 device script in python, perl and bash for a friend to adjust to python with his knowledge of perl.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post