[SGVLUG] Future Cool Tools topics

[Matthew Gallizzi]

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
>
> --
>     "Intolerance?  The *truth* is intolerant." -- le Faux
>
> The small binary attachment on every message I send is my PGP digital
> signature, not a virus.  If you don't know what that is, you can ignore
> it.
> If you do, my keyserver is pgp.mit.edu.
>
>


-- 
Matthew G
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.sgvlug.net/pipermail/sgvlug/attachments/20070413/687d31c4/attachment-0001.html