Amen to that. --- Nick Floersch
[cid:[email protected]] On Dec 15, 2016, at 13:16, Joe Golden <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I try to generally follow The Debian Way, it's easier and usually The Right Way, and if it's hard, there's usually a reason ;-) On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:59:45AM -0500, Paul Flint wrote: Dear Joe, Nothing at all wrong with perl. That said "update-alternatives" looks complicated... Flint On Thu, 15 Dec 2016, Joe Golden wrote: Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:06:37 -0500 From: Joe Golden <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Madonna, the Python and the Contortionist Yeah, what he said! I love the contorted bashy python Madonna stuff though (says the happy guy who lives under a rock and codes in perl) ;-) On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 09:38:55AM -0500, chris yarger wrote: flint, man update-alternatives Warmest Regards, Christopher P. Yarger Phone: 802-505-7574 Skype: cpyarger /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Paul Flint <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear Kevin, Jeff et al... This is how tired: (find code at https://github.com/flintiii/pydonna/blob/master/pydonna.sh) <begin code> #!/bin/bash # 2016-12-15 07:34:05 pflint # pydonna.sh - A shell tribute to Madonna... if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then echo "This script need to run as root, and you are not root"; exit 1>&2 fi echo "Like a Version: This system contains the following versions of python..." cd /usr/bin ls -1 /usr/bin | grep python |tr -d "python" |grep ^[0-9] |grep -v " [a-zA-Z]" | sort -n |uniq echo "Enter the number of the version you want to use" read version echo "ln -s "python$version" python" read -p "Press [Enter] to reset link as shown above" rm -rf /usr/bin/python ln -s python$version python <end code> To install: 1. Copy code to pydonna.sh 2. chmod +x pydonna.sh 3. take root then ln -s <file> /usr/bin/pydonna Go forth and sin no more! (pun intended :^) Kindest Regards, Paul Flint (802) 479-2360 (802) 595-9365 Cell /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. Paul Flint Barre Open Systems Institute 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 http://www.bosivt.org http://family.flint.com/flint skype: flintinfotech Work: (202) 537-0480 Consilium _ gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org<http://www.asciiribbon.org> / \ numerantur ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Linux_adult_swim mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_adult_swim -- Joe Golden /_\ www.Triangul.us<http://www.triangul.us> /_\ Coding, Drupalism, Open Sourcery Kindest Regards, ☮ Paul Flint (802) 479-2360 Home (802) 595-9365 Cell /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgement in response to this note. Paul Flint 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 -- Joe Golden /_\ www.Triangul.us<http://www.triangul.us> /_\ Coding, Drupalism, Open Sourcery
