[SGVLUG] Future Cool Tools topics

[Swantje]

I'd like to see a shell scripting/Bash from scratch presentation. The thing
is, I won't be around for the May or the July meeting (and possibly not for
the June meeting, either), so late summer or fall would be better...

On 4/13/07, Matthew Gallizzi <matthew.gallizzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd be interested in bash as a full length presentation. I think starting
> from the ground up to advanced would be good. Every good Linux administrator
> has good bash (or perl) scripting knowledge for writing quick scripts on the
> fly.  Bash++ for me. Maybe we could all throw some real world examples and
> use bash to tackle the problem, or something. I know learning something and
> then being able to apply it isn't always easy. Maybe, writing a script that
> writes the output of ps aaauuuxxx to a file, as well as iostat, and also
> sends me an SMS to my cell phone. :)
>
> On 4/13/07, Dustin Laurence <dustin at laurences.net> wrote:
> >
> > OK, folks, I haven't been doing Cool Tools topics and not enough people
> > have picked up the slack.  I offered to do a "how to get associative
> > arrays in shell even though it doesn't have associative arrays" quickie
> > next time, but perhaps nobody wants to see that?  Basically, it amounts
> > to how to make the equivalent of this work:
> >
> > array["key"] = "value" # Associate "value" with "key"
> > var="$array["key"]"    # Retrieve "value" and store in $var
> >
> > though obviously with a very different syntax.
> >
> > However, if this is going to be an eye-glazer for everyone I won't
> > bother.  Does anyone care about shell scripting that doesn't already
> > know it?  We could actually do "shell scripting from scratch" as either
> > a main presentation or as a series of shorts.  Would anyone care?  The
> > only reason to go to the trouble is if there is an interested audience.
> >
> > More generally, it would be useful if people would mention what sorts of
> > topics would help them.  What problems do people actually have that
> > *might* be doable in ten minutes?  What topics do people want for a
> > full-length presentation?
> >
> > Dustin
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Matthew G




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