Re: [cobalt-users] Shell Scripting

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail)" schrieb:
> 
> > for server administration, you will have to know some shell (bash)
> > scripting, as the startup scripts and many scripts for system
> > maintainance are written in bash.
> 
> H.P., are you also implying that "shell scripting" is commonly used to
> describe specifically *bash* scripting? It sounds that way... I'm

no. but all linux distributions i know use bash (but most of them
deliver
csh and/ or tcsh as well)

> comfortable around both bash and tcsh, but have never bothered with
> other shells.
> 
> Sounds like your advice is really "learn bash scripting, then learn
> perl." Which sounds most reasonable. Another O'Reilly book to buy...
> <grin>

a bit of "if... then", a bit of "case" and you should understand most
shell scripts of your installation... nothing special to learn...


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