On 11/08/2010 09:23 AM, Victor Villa wrote: > Greets, > > I recently shifted career focus from web dev to sys admin. > > As I learn Bash i'm finding more and more that knowledge of a scripting > language is needed, though i'm seeing some talk about PERL and some talk > Python.
I love Bash, especially the for and while operators. It has limitations though so you'll definitely need something else in your tool kit. > If my work environment really hasn't taken advantage of a scripting language > (nothing predefined), which should I choose? PERL or Python? Either is fine. As Michael said, you'll need to be able to read both. Somebody I know once gave a great presentation about using Perl for sys admin tasks. It's unfortunate that UTOS DNS is down or you could review it. http://2009.utosc.com/presentation/18/ Corey
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