Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

[Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org>]

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>> Imagine a filename contains: ' `some command`

> Yes, because you get:

>   echo '' `ls -l`'

    I get?  *I* get?  Pst, look up above.  *YOU* decided say "Imagine a
filename contains: ' `some command`  Quoted right there.

> which is not valid. Try with:

    So now you're modifying what you wrote, tsk, tsk.

>>     Which is why I strayed away from Perl into Python land.

> This is a very subjective argument. One *can* write readable Perl
> scripts. Also remember TIMTOWTDI.

    One can, yes.  And I remember TIMTOWTDI which is the antithesis of writing
readable code.  I was hip deep in Perl code for several years.  I found that
the only way to write readable Perl was to throw half of the language out and
stick to a strict subset of the language so as to be consistent.

> Nope. The first thing I do when I get an account is to install a recent
> version of zsh, so that zsh is always installed, but not necessarily
> python! :)

    Love to see you do that on a restricted gaming box.