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Why Non-Technical Users Might Find Shell Scripting Useful

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 1, 2007

[ Thanks to D.C.
Parris
for this link. ]

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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