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:Why Non-Technical Users Might Find Shell Scripting Useful
Why Non-Technical Users Might Find Shell Scripting Useful
Nov 1, 2007, 03 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6020 reads)

(Other stories by D.C. Parris)

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"You know, I've never found any real use for a shell script. Recently, I found an actual reason to write one for moving and converting audio files using a few less keystrokes.

"I admit it, I'm really a desktop user who doesn't mind getting under the hood every now and then. I enjoy playing with the 'big' toys, like RDBMSes because I can afford to. But mostly, using GNU/Linux affords me an opportunity to do what I need and want to do for a price that can't be beat. Much as I've tried, the only shell scripts I've written in the past were pretty contrived, or simply following some tutorial. Now I have a shell script I can actually make use of..."

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Repeatable PrecisionFor any given task t ...   2 Words   
SteveOC
Nov 1, 2007, 03:36:40
 
Any command, or series of commands, can  ...   Any command can be a script!   
blackbelt_jones
Nov 1, 2007, 15:50:07
 
 This is why I say that it is the comman ...   Re: Any command can be a script!   
cfiles
Nov 1, 2007, 17:20:35
 
> > I have been a Linux user for over 10 ...   The "F word"   
blackbelt_jones
Nov 2, 2007, 00:26:56
 
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