nadeemshafi9 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hello guys Im looking for work, i have noticed that alot of companies are saying they need shell scripting on ocasions. I know that shel script is used to batch commands, but what is the proper reason they would be using it for, does any one have a definative answer, so i can learn it for teh perpose. Thhanks Nadeem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Shell scripting can be used for a lot of things, but nothing too complex since it isn't a full-featured language. It's handy for working quickly and closely with the OS, which is probably some flavor of Unix, but it could also be a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Yeah... shell scripts are usually used for automating comman tasks, backups, parsing log files, general system admin as well as system startup scripts. They can get pretty out of hand however when more complex problems need to be solved. Most *nix positions would require you to be pretty well versed in sh or bash at minimum, you'd probably also need to be proficient in one of the more powerfull scripting languages like Perl or Python for those more complex tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 ok thanks very much for the info im brushing up on my PERL i just installed slackware as i find it easier to work with, i had fedora core 4 and it gave me problems when installing phpmyadmin it said it needed the functions for mysql and php in the php direcory, it had a rpm of PHP and they were all in the wrong ploace i dont know what the new fedora 7 is like thogh ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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