SoloCDM wrote:
>
> Did you pick up the script ideas from experience or a tutorial book?
yes. sorta...
> If from a book, would you send the author and title?
man bash -- seriously. I hadn't yet encountered the pipeline problem when I
looked at your script; just lucky I suppose... yet, the answer was in the man
page; it jumped out at me 'cuz of the experience factor with many other
languages.
Even my preference for "[ $VAR ] && {...}" (or ||) rather than "if [ -[n|z] $VAR
]; then...fi" or "if [ $VAR -[ne|eq] 0 ]; then...fi" is in there. I prefer
minimalist, *not* obfuscated code; just simple, easy to understand and
maintain. Yup, I prefer Python for most stuff... :>
HTH,
Pierre
