KenLin Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Howdy. I am a reasonably competent linux user, now I want to do some scripting. On my PC I use vbscript for some administration tasks on my machine as well as some things that fetch info from the internet. What language an I do things like this in Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 perl (quite powerfull) bash (the command line) Perl is quite powerfull, and many programs use it for plugins and scripting. Like xchat. It's quite a usefull language to learn. Bash is one of the command lines that's quite popular. Check that out too for writing init scripts and crontab stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 30, 2004 bash will probably be the best one to learn first, as it basically uses the commands available at the command line prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch-rustem Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 IANAP (Programmer), but I use Python and BASH for any scripts I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daem0hn Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 BASH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted January 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 30, 2004 Bash, Perl, Python, all good choices. Personally I like using bash and perl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 30, 2004 MVC Share Posted January 30, 2004 There are lots too choose from - heres a link to some info on some of them http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Program...ing/index.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 30, 2004 There are lots too choose from - heres a link to some info on some of themhttp://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Program...ing/index.shtml Good Link! Time for me to read up on new stuff! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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