On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:54:56 -0700 Matt Graham <danceswithcr...@usa.net> wrote:
> After a long battle with technology, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > While we are on the subject, excluding writing everything in bash, what is > > the best way for various programs (pick your language) to access command > > line tools and parse the output? IMO, perl is the absolute best language for munging data, I have been a daily user of perl for over 11 years now. And I have done some amazing things with perl. Also CPAN has over 5000 perl modules to make things easier. > > Every language I've seen implements popen() somewhere. That's a good way to > use external tools that output text. > -- Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 K7AZJ This email's Fortune: Q: Why did the germ cross the microscope? A: To get to the other slide. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
