Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
- Subject: Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:16:39 -0500
On 01/24/2003 07:54, "Chris Janton" <email@hidden> wrote:
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It isn't a question of speed and portability, and it isn't a choice.
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You use the tools that you need to get the job done.
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You're not going to script Mail.app with PERL, just like you're not
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going to implement "zgrep" in AppleScript (well, I guess you could with
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AppleScript and do shell script, but why?!)
Because you only need a one time quick grep? I do this in a folder action.
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If you are going to script a Unix system you *can* focus on a single
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shell (a POSIX shell is a good choice e.g. bash) but should be prepared
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to dive into languages like PERL, python, quite possibly PHP.
Why? This *totally* depends on toolset and platform.
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An person who scripts can't afford to be a mono-linguist.
Actually, you can't afford to be completely ignorant, but no, you don't have
to be able to write scripts in three-four languages.
john
--
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- William Penn
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