[PLUG] How many of us write small scripts?

[Andrew Jackman]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
> So, I'm curious ... how many of us know enough to write quick shell
> scripts?  How many of us know how to write quick 5 minute GUI hacks?

At work, production crews can't program, but [shell] scripting is not
"real" programming by department standards.  As much as I'd like to
truly do some application programming to make my job easier, scripting
is all I can get away with for now.  I would be miserable without the
shell and the ease with which I can automate tasks.

I've written the following (as examples):
DOS scripts generators
directory tree generators with file count statistics
size limited file copies (e.g. 300MB at a time)

I was hired because I knew how to manipulate DOS, but that's like
getting hired to cauterize wounds with a steel poker.  bash (and other
scripting languages) make life so much more humane!

-- 
Andrew Jackman
kd7nyq at gmail.com

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