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Re: Libraries for sysadmins?

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Subject Re: Libraries for sysadmins?
Date Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:44:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2016 03:33:09 -0800, Elena wrote:

> Are there any libraries that make Java feel more like a scripting
> language?  I mean: libraries that let you write fewer lines of code for
> common sysadmin tasks, where you would normally choose a scripting
> language (for example: file I/O, piping, processing text files line by
> line, filtering collections, etc.)  Of course, using Java would still
> mean some overhead, but that is fine.
>
What operating system do you want to use this with?

All your requirements are met by the usual collection of UNIX utilities 
together with awk and the bash shell. There's no reason why a similar set-
up couldn't be written in Java, but why would you bother if you're 
running a UNIX/Linux/BSD operating system and/or can install cygwin on a 
Windows system?


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Libraries for sysadmins? Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-04 03:33 -0800
  Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-03-04 11:44 +0000
    Re: Libraries for sysadmins? egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-04 12:56 +0100
  Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-03-04 07:43 -0500
  Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-04 18:06 +0100
    Re: Libraries for sysadmins? egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-04 20:30 +0100
      Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2016-03-05 00:56 +0100
        Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-05 12:11 +0100
          Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2016-03-05 16:41 +0100
            Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Brixomatic <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-05 19:20 +0100
              Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-03-05 18:46 +0000
                Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Brixomatic <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-15 19:22 +0100
                Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-03-15 22:30 +0000
            Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-03-05 18:30 +0000
              Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-03-05 13:46 -0500
                Re: Random permutations [was Re: Libraries for sysadmins?] Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-03-05 19:40 +0000
      Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-05 12:10 +0100
    Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-03-04 21:42 -0500
  Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-03-04 21:48 -0500

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