Linux/Scripting survey

[G. Matthew Rice]

"Alex Beamish" <talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:
> I have to say that was a really intriguing survey .. the part I really
> enjoyed was the scale used to gauge how important a tool was: did it belong
> in your pocket, in your toolbox, in the van, or in the shed. While I prefer
> Perl, shell scripting is sometimes way easier and faster to get something
> done, and it's good to know how to do something a couple of different ways.

Definitely.  Just the other night I coerced my brother to switch a really
gross sed script to an one liner in awk.  Not only is it now readable (who
wants to try and grok h;p;s/xxx/xyz/;b;x;y/xxx/xxx/;H;p [or whatever] :)) but
it also works.

TTYL,
Matthew

> 
> -- 
> Alex Beamish
> Toronto, Ontario
> 
> On 09 Nov 2006 14:03:13 -0500, G. Matthew Rice <matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Solomon <andrews at ...> writes:
> > > hi Matthew
> > >
> > > As a first step toward figuring out what we should test,
> > > using Linuxgym I'm running this survey:
> > >
> > >  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=743662789831
> > >
> > > Would you mind sending it out to people you think would
> > > have an interest in it?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Andrew and his gang are trying to come up with a shell scripting (and
> > command
> > line?) education programme, certification, other things.
> >
> > If you're interested in this topic, consider helping by filling out the
> > survey.  It takes less than 10 minutes.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
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