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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Scripting language for system admin Post 302102546 by zazzybob on Thursday 11th of January 2007 06:05:18 AM
Old 01-11-2007
I'd say learn both. Most of my day-to-day automation is done using shell scripting (ksh/bash). Shell scripting is also a must for writing init scripts, etc, and you'll be surprised at how often you'll find yourself using conditional constructs and loops on the command line once you get proficient.

e.g.
for server in $servers; do ssh $server do_something; done
mailq | grep -B1 "Connection refused" | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/\*$//' | while read id; do qtool -d /var/spool/mqueue/$id; done

You get the idea....

However, when interaction with databases is required, or real heavy duty reporting and text file parsing, I always write in Perl for the sheer flexibility of the language, the rich collection of modules available and the powerful regular expressions at your disposal.

PHP is another good language to pick up later on as you can create administrative web-based interfaces very easily. And a little C is never a bad thing.
 

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