[Cialug] Linux Classes

[Theron Conrey]

I'm always down for a structured block of useful instruction :)

-Theron

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Chris Freeman <cwfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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"
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Tired programmer
>>>> > Coding late into the night
>>>> > The core dump follows
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>> Scott Prader
>> Undergraduate Electrical Engineer
>> CARC, SSCL
>> sprader at iastate.edu
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