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initially, i was gonna use plain shell (lowest common denominator) but i couldn't quite accomplish what i was trying to do. Perl is the least of my worries though.

amphibient
– amphibient

2012-11-29 20:49:28 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 20:49
@foampile Getting them to see it as "administrator's thing" instead of as a "programmer's thing" will help. Could you tell me what is, specifically, that you couldn't quite accomplished with plain bash ?

Tulains Córdova
– Tulains Córdova

2012-11-29 20:57:45 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 20:57
it required some lower level functionality i couldn't or at least didn't know how to do in shell. all of our machines have perl, that is the least of the problem -- the problem is the more abstract paradigm of doing the job instead of the old way that is more immediate but far more time consuming. it is the "who moved my cheese" type of situation, not shell vs. perl

amphibient
– amphibient

2012-11-29 21:16:50 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 21:16
@foampile I deleted the bash sugestion from my answer. Hope the rest of the answer is of any help.

Tulains Córdova
– Tulains Córdova

2012-11-30 17:38:35 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 17:38

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