Levi Pearson wrote: > > You're right, python is the wrong language for shell scripting, but so > is sh/bash! What is the right one, you ask? Well, it's the Scheme > Shell (scsh), of course! See the manual at: > http://www.scsh.net/docu/html/man.html > > (I realize that few, if any, of the readers of this list would > seriously consider doing their scripting in Scheme, but you should at > least follow that link for the 'Acknowledgements' section on that > page, which is hilarious.)
I'll using it the moment it's a standard install on all my various *nix boxes. Bash isn't standard on most Unix machines, either, but it is on linux. Plus falling back to sh isn't that hard when needed. > > --Levi > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Michael Torrie Assistant CSR, System Administrator Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 +1.801.422.5771 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */