On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 01:18:12AM +0100, Almut Behrens wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:07:02PM -0500, Andrew Cady wrote: > > Seriously though, shell scripting sucks. Perl! It's on every > > debian system with debconf. > > I absolutely agree with you here. I love perl myself. OTOH, I'm > trying to resist the urge to go telling people to use it as the > "golden hammer" for each and every scripting problem they come up > with. I'm kinda feeling that might be perceived as inappropriate --
[...] It probably is. However, I cannot bear to post shell script snippets without recommending perl, almost as a matter of principle. I cannot have my snippet be misinterpreted as an endorsement of shell scripting! > All I was trying to point out is that it's good to remember there's > "eval" when you find yourself wondering why some scripted shell command > containing interpolated variables doesn't behave as expected, i.e. as > if you had typed the same (expanded) string of letters on the > interactive commandline. That's all. Right. My assumption was/is that the original poster is somewhat unfamiliar with shell scripting and probably unaware of some of the options. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
