Re: OT: Good Linux script book ?

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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


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