Hello. I'm a Java programmer and do

[pcarver]

Hello. I'm a Java programmer and don't have a lot of experience with the different types of Linux shells.

Having a Java background, would anyone recommend a specific shell environment (mainly syntax that would be somewhat compatible with Java)?

Thanks.

/paul

 

[marsd]

Most shells have more in common with C. Try the korn shell,
or the pdksh.
There also may be some projects that are designing a jshell,
I seem to remember something like this...

 

[rycamor]

Do a search at

http://www.freshmeat.net,

and

http://www.sourceforge.net,

and you will probably find something like that.

But really, the standard shells are not that hard to learn. Are you trying to use them to program shell scripts, or do you simply need a Linux user environment? If it is the former, then you can easily program small scripts in Java, and execute them just as you would a shell script. If it is for the working environment, I really recommend you just spend a little time learning at least the Bash shell, because it is so pervasive in the Unix world. You will never really get along OK with Linux until you can use a standard command shell, because so much of what you read will assume a basic understanding of that. Check out these links:

http://www.linux.com/search/index.phtml/bash/

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/lpt/13_01.html

http://linux.oreillynet.com/topics/linux/utilities