Re: Is Perl the best alternative to bash shell scripts?

wylbur37 wrote:

Would you agree that Perl is the "best" alternative?
If not, which alternative scripting language would you recommend?

I wouldn't.

There's no guarantee that any given scripting language is installed on any
given *nix system that you may work on. Learn shell scripting.



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