On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Khepri wrote:
> jeff wrote:
>
> > That is the analogy that I use. Shell scripts are like batch files, but with
> > even more power.
>
> That's great then! Does BASH have it's own scripting language or is it
> PERL? Both?
Anything you can use interactively you can use as a scripting laguage and
vice versa (I believe). Using perl as your login shell is perverse and
difficult, but I believe it is possible. There are lots of scripts written
in sh/ash/bsh/zsh/bash/ksh/pdksh, and they are popular login shells too.
"sh" -> "shell" after all...
> What I'd like to do is learn everything from commandline and then be able
> to pick and choose what desktop I want, load drivers I need, and compile
> software that I want....although I haven't compiled anything since DOS 6.0
> and I barely remember doing that!
It's gotten easier since Linux started using GNU's toolchain almost
exclusively. "./configure", "make", "su -c 'make install'".
> Basically I'm shooting for a 'roll your own' or 'Linux from scratch' level
> of skill....
There's a distro called "Linux from scratch":
http://lfs.crash404.com/lfs/news.html
See if that meets your needs.
> anyway, would o'reilly's bash scripting book be a good place to start or a
> Perl book?
If you know basic Linux, then perl is OK, but I'd get a handle on the basics
first.
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