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in reply to Re: Re: perl shell utility scrips
in thread perl shell utility scrips
I am all for writing Perl programs - I do it myself all the
time.
It's just that the sequence of tasks in question is a perfect example of
something that can be done quickly & simply in shell, and
not so easily in Perl.
I'm not saying you're wrong, because you're not. It's easier to learn a
language if you have a motivation, something that you need
to accomplish. But in this case I think he'd be struggling
with it days after starting, when he'd have a tool he could
use that would make his life easier in a few minutes using
the shell language of his choice.
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