On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:16:16 +1300 Ralph Stoker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> command line, command line, command line.... > > just what the doctor ordered....I feel that the sooner I as a newbie become > familiar and comfortable with using this the greater my chances of > developing a lifelong interest in Linux and its various distros. you are probably right there :) > > ..Talks on various programs just giving a brief overview highlight the > options available to linux users and may spur one to try something new. > > ..Scripting and other 'techie stuff' whilst currently this may go over my > head ...if done in conjunction with more digestable 'how to' talks can but > only stimulate further investigation / learning and should be commended.... i doubt it will go over your head, at the simplest level a script is simply a list of commands to execute. advanced bash syntax is pretty well unreadable until you get into it, but simple scripts are easy enough to read. - for example this scriptlet is pretty readable #!/bin/bash for filenumber in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ; do wget http://server.domain/path/to/${filenumber}.jpg ; done > > Ralph -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
