Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Libraries for sysadmins? Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:44:19 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <2cec6af2-9636-4a2a-8849-b01286c0814c@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:44:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="25016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18aUg/Pk8pVU5rNEY1qlC5ol5lLHitb+Yo=" User-Agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT 3663720 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LS8YtGsoAH4lvOmWdFnfLOsHSF8= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:33918 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? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |