Re: Perl versus UNIX Korn Shell

[Andrew Savige]

Like Anthony Esposito in Nov 2003, I had a need recently to persuade some folks to use Perl rather than Unix shell and remembered this old thread. I've summarized my arguments at:

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=668481

Feedback welcome.

Thanks,
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[Tim Maher]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:57:41PM -0800, Andrew Savige wrote:
> Like Anthony Esposito in Nov 2003, I had a need recently to persuade
> some folks to use Perl rather than Unix shell and remembered this
> old thread. I've summarized my arguments at:
>
> http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=668481
> Feedback welcome.
> Thanks,
> /-\

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Korn/Bash/POSIX shell scripts can either benefit tremendously from Perl's
assistance or be replaced entirely by Perl scripts. For a free sample,
download the "Scripting Techniques" chapter from
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