I don't know of any specific books for Network Engineers, but I would start with the O'Reilly books on Perl and Expect. They are well written but general in nature.
go to: http://www.oreilly.com/ And take a look at: Learning Perl, 3rd Edition Programming Perl, 3rd Edition Perl for System Administration Exploring Expect -----Original Message----- From: John Tafasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:58 PM To: Moffett, Ryan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] This a nice answer, but do you know any book that specifically deal with programming for network engineers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moffett, Ryan" To: "'John Tafasi'" ; Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] > Perl - Use it to do many things like parsing log files, parsing and even > generating config files. Too many uses to list. Once you learn what perl > is and what it can do, you WILL find uses for it. > > Expect - Use it to script things that otherwise would only be able to occur > interactively with network devices, such as Telnet to a router, log on, dump > the config to a tftp server. Or, create an expect script to log on to a > router, copy tftp image to flash and reload, then set this to run via a cron > job for an unattended router upgrade (yes, that is risky but some people can > get away with it :-). > > If you run both on unix/linux, learn bash or whatever shell you plan on > using because you will find many useful functions built into the shell. > > It isn't unrealistic to setup a generic unix/linux system with Perl, Expect > and a TFTP server to to manage all of your device configs, images and > logfiles. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Tafasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] > > > What programming languages a network engineer MIGHT need to perform his job? > > What do network engineers or adminiastrators do with a programming language? > please elaborate > > I am looking to learn a couple of programming language that I may need on > the job and I need you advice. > > Thanks Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58045&t=58032 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
