Re: where are the shell scripts ?
Re: where are the shell scripts ?
- Subject: Re: where are the shell scripts ?
- From: "Adam K. Wuellner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:49:23 -0600
On Feb 9, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Christian Vinaa wrote:
or am I asking a stupid question cause shell script is a unix
thing and another programming language, so in fact I should learn
UNIX program language so I can make the shell scripts that I need ?
Not a stupid question at all, but you're on the right track here.
Q: What's a shell?
A: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell> Note this statement: "The
Unix shell is unusual since it is in both an interactive command
language and the language used to script the system; it is a scripting
programming language. This is unlike the Microsoft Windows command
interpreters."
In addition to shell scripts, which are written in the language defined
by the shell you are using, you also have the ability to use any
utility that can be invoked from the command line, including
interpreters for other languages, such as awk, bc, perl, php, python,
ruby...
If I may recommend a book, I'd encourage you to pick up a copy of
'Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther'. (If you're using Jaguar, look
for the second edition, which was called simply 'Learning Unix for Mac
OS X'.) It's a beginner's book, pretty thin, but I found it extremely
helpful in getting up to speed in using the shell. I had a fair amount
of MS-DOS shell experience (woefully underpowered in comparison), and a
brief flirtation with Unix in college, but that didn't amount to much
and the book doesn't assume prior knowledge. YMMV, of course.
- Adam
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