[Cialug] Linux Classes

[Chris Freeman]

How much interest is there in doing a LUG meeting on scripting in Bash (or
Perl or Python) for administration purposes? Porting that knowledge from
sysadmin to another domain isn't very hard.

The catch would be that we'd need people to think about what they want to
learn ahead of time, and understand that you can't teach programming of any
kind inside of 2 hours. But if there is sufficient interest, we could get a
decent introduction to the topic and (more importantly) how to proceed from
there.

Otherwise, if there are several people who are interested in a face-to-face
teacher/student experience, I'd be happy to help out for a session or two.

Chris

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Scott Prader <sprader at iastate.edu> wrote:

> Lot of good resources out there... I once took a scripting class (yes, face
> to face with a teacher) in my earlier years of college.  This was many, many
> years ago, and it appears that they have switched it to an online class now
> (not surprising, the teacher enjoyed verbally putting down students that
> attempted to think for themselves), but you may encounter issues between
> your employer and out-of-state tuition... of course, they also require that
> you be physically present for the midterm and final.  Not sure if any
> accredited schools in Iowa offer something like this.  If you'd like more
> information, feel free to contact me off-list.
>
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
> http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
> http://www.linuxconfig.org/Bash_scripting_Tutorial
> http://www.subsignal.org/doc/AliensBashTutorial.html
>
> -Scott
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> If I need to do MySQL scripting, I usually write it in PHP. You can set up
>> PHP to run from the command-line (most distros have a package for that). If
>> you're running the MySQL script as part of a web app, this allows you to use
>> the same business logic code for the script and the web site.
>>
>> You can also script calls to wget a PHP web page in cron tasks, but I
>> don't recommend that method.
>>
>> -dc
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember what my first experience was, however I've had
>>> wonderful results with a pair of O'Reilly books:
>>>
>>> Learning the bash shell (Cameron Newham and Bill Rosenblatt)
>>> Learning the korn shell (Bill Rosenblatt)
>>>
>>> Both were published in the mid 1990's, and I've been trying hard to
>>> replace them, without full success. They are very well structured, and
>>> cover the details. Essentially the same book, with changes for the
>>> differences between ksh and bash. I used them as references when
>>> writing shell training courses for Wave Technologies in the 1999.
>>>
>>> If you can find a newer edition (I hope there is one, if not now, then
>>> soon) it would be helpful. Later references have details on newer
>>> features of the shells, but these have features I find when I go back
>>> and refer to them. Always helpful as references -- excellent indexes,
>>> plus my own marks.
>>>
>>> --Don Ellis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:30 PM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Bash or some other shell?
>>> >
>>> > For Bash, you could work through the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide on
>>> > your own for no cost at all. First result on Google with the terms
>>> > "advanced bash-scripting guide pdf"
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>> > Coding late into the night
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