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Re: Shell script or Perl?



On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:48:47 +0300
Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org> wrote:
> If the intended users of the script are likely to use different Unix 
> versions, then sh scripting is probably the safe bet. On the other 
> hand, if you are counting on them, running your script on Windows or 
> traditional Macintosh, then perl is a safer bet.
 
    This is not the first time I've seen this said and I am curious where,
exactly, an sh script would be more portable than a perl script?

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