bash scripting

[ccb at valinux.com]

test is a built-in in bash.  After a while, shell scripters develop
an entire arsenal of ways to get things done that don't require extra
processes, such as X=`ls`  vs.  X=*, or:

cat foo | while read X
do
  proc $X
done

vs

while read X
do
  proc $X
done < foo


and so on.

In general I agree - if it's bigger than "trivial", use perl.  I tend
to err on the size of larger scripts because I was here before perl ;-).


ccb

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