While this is not specific to Fedora, I see the need to learn to give instructions to my computer. I know a little php, and want to know what language is similar enough that a non-techie like myself can get things going. My specific goal right now is to create a program that manipulatres the IPTC data in photos. I have already written most of it in php, but I think that starting up apache and a browser just to rename some IPTC fields is a little overkill. Would bash be enough for this? I think that I would prefer a 'real' programming language, something that I may be able to do more with in the future. I don't want to do anything unusual, such as run php from the command line, because I want to develop skills that will help me on the vast majority of machines out there, not just my specific setup. Thanks for all your input! Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/303/led_zeppelin.php Led Zeppelin Song Lyrics