how do I learn scripting?

[pintoboy]

Hi friends,
Kindly assist me. how do I learn scripting?
cheers.

MOFG

 

[DSMARWAY]

hi ,
there are plenty of sites on the web which have tutorials and scripting examples

have a looka at

http://www.shelldorado.com/

hopefully get you started.

The the most important thing you have to ascertain is what you want to achieve i.e. you should have an objective , such as , write a script which displays 5 menu options which allow you to list files, print a file, view a file , copy a file , edit a file ) from this you can find out the commands to implement your script etc..

HTH

 

[jie]

try freeos.com there is a free linux shell scripting there ..

 

[bi]

There also is a Unix Scripting forum on Tek-Tips, as well as an AWK and a Perl forum that is very helpful. Frequently there are a lot of bits of scripts that you might not need at the moment, but which will come in handy in the future.

 

[mrn]

A good book is Unix Shell Programming by Hayden books
ISBN 0-672-48448-X Should be available at amazon

Mike

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[Yegolev]

O'Reilly Korn Shell book. i prefer ksh myself and besides it is AIX default. after you get the book, practice, practice, practice.

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[aixmurderer]

It's like math, if you don't use it you lose it. Don't expect to be an instant script writer, a good book and lots of samples to copy code from or modify to suit will help you along fine.
And a lot of patience, trial & error, and time...

Good luck.

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