Does FC4 have batch file 24
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:14:34 -0800, CAPSKOV You haven't given me any info about your system...
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:13:58 -0800, CAPSKOV
*NIX has shell scripts which are much more powerful than a DOS batch file. There are a number of common shells that are on your Linux system, the most popular are C Shells (csh, tcsh which is an enhanced csh) and Bourne shells (sh and bash). For any kind of simple scripting shell scripts are fine. The C Shells and Bourne shells are the same but different, by that I mean they have virtually the same functionality but the syntax is different. You should pick one and learn it's syntax and then stick with it. The shell script languages are very simple so you won't have much of a learning curve.
*NIX systems also come with scripting languages which are full blown languages. There are a number of them, PERL, PYTHON, and TCL are the most popular. Once again these scripting languages have similar capabilities but they have entirely different syntaxes. If you want to do more then just execute a series of commands then you should pick either Python or Perl and learn it (I wouldn't bother with TCL, it's not nearly as popular as Python or Perl).
You should perhaps be aware that, quite independent of the usability aspects of GUI tools vs command line tools, the linux tradition is command-line, for...
Your choice of languages should probably be based on what your friends or colleagues use so that you'll have someone to turn to when you have a question. I'd also recommend that you stop by a bookstore and buy a language primer for whatever language you choose. The Linux handbooks will all have chapters on both C and Bourne shells and they will probably cover Python and Perl also.
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