[ubuntu-users] Useful commands for new UNIX users

[Hal Burgiss]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 09:27:48AM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 03:58:19PM -0500, Adam Fletcher wrote:
> > 
> > The goal is help new UNIX users become so comfortable with the command
> > line that they use it preferentially.
> 
> Finally, I think moving away from
> shell-scripting as fast as possible is
> the way to go. Perl or Python should
> be the goal, if it fits with the
> audience's abilities.

Why? I know they both their own interactive shells. I have tried
perl's shell because I thought it had to be more featureful than bash.
But I was wrong. For interacting with the underlying system
interactively or for short, simple scripts, bash is much more
productive (IMO). For creating applications or doing something really
complex, then yea, perl, python, or whatever. 

-- 
Hal