Re: [cobalt-users] Shell Scripting

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>whether perl or shell-scripts (or something else) is the best
>first choice for general-purpose scripting.

i write simple things in sh, more complex things in perl.  there
is a startup cost to perl - compiling the script, etc.. so unless
you need perl, or hate sh, go with sh first, then perl when you
need it.


>Later on I'll tackle PHP(4?) so I can get away from using
>FrontPage to design websites... <grin>

you should find php a dream.  it's very much based on perl syntax,
and the documentation is fantastic, compared to my experiences
hunting for documentation for asp and vbscript.  also consider
the mountains of freely available code libaries for php and perl.