Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Opinion on best practice... Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 22:59:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <207d17ce-4bc7-487c-acde-6a7b9f66002b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1360105142 26839 64.122.56.22 (5 Feb 2013 22:59:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 22:59:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:38240 On 2013-02-05, Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2013-02-05, Walter Hurry wrote: >>> Sorry, I'm a Linux guy. I have no clue what that means. >> >> Hooray for common sense! Python is great, but it's silly to use >> Python (unless there is good reason) when a simple shell script >> will do the job. > > Python is an excellent option for writing shell scripts, > particularly if your shell is cmd.exe. The OP stated explicitly that the target OS was Linux: >>> I need to pick up a language that would cover the Linux platform. I >>> use Powershell for a scripting language on the Windows side of >>> things. Don't get me wrong -- I think Python is great -- but when the target OS is Linux, and what you want to do are file find, move, copy, rename, delete operations, then I still say bash should be what you try first. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! GOOD-NIGHT, everybody at ... Now I have to go gmail.com administer FIRST-AID to my pet LEISURE SUIT!!