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Shell Scripting vs Programming - An Introduction

Posted by freethinker on · 2 comments
Writer and Free Thinker at Large; By Marcel Gagne 		Mail this story
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It's time for a new series focusing on the Linux shell. This time around, I'm going to talk about programming in the shell. What I want to do is get you comfortable with the idea of writing small, useful scripts to do your job as an administrator of your Linux domain, no matter how small or large.

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JaseP ·
Nice article, Marcel,...

I especially like the Star Trek reference (TOS, no doubt),... nice touch...
Bob_Robertson ·
I remember when I wrote a DOS batch file to handle the swapping of floppy disks for a FORTRAN compile, since the compiler and link library couldn't fit on the same floppy.

A friend looked over my shoulder and said, "That looks like JCL", that is, mainframe Job Control Language.

...and it was.

Most of what I do with shell scripts is customize other's work, because as much as I like to think I have a "clue", I just don't think like a programmer.

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