On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:12:02 -0700 Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 11:51 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > Keep in mind that shell makes a great wrapper for starting other > > programs and gluing any number of them together, but usually > > isn't the best choice for anything that needs a lot of > > calculation or data storage. > > I've got a ton of data files to process. Nothing difficult, just time > consuming. I want something quick, simple and light. Sounds a perfect task for Lua [www.lua.org]. Used it a lot of times for this very same purpose, fits like a glove. It's pretty easy and powerful. Regards, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
