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Why You Should Adopt Python to Manage UNIX Systems

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 14th Sep 2007 23:08 UTC

As a system administrator, you run across numerous challenges and problems. Managing users, disk space, processes, devices, and backups can cause many system administrators to lose their hair, good humor, or sanity. Shell scripts can help, but they often have frustrating limitations. This is where a full-featured scripting language, such as Python, can turn a tedious task into an easy one. Python is a scripting language that looks like it was made for system administrators.

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by Phuqker on Fri 14th Sep 2007 23:36 UTC

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2005-07-17

I was once a Pythonista, until I discovered Ruby. I've never looked back. If Haskell had better library support, that's what I'd use.

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RE: Ruby

by schala on Sat 15th Sep 2007 01:39 in reply to "Ruby"

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2006-01-17

mzscheme makes a better scripting language than you might think.

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RE: Ruby

by japh on Sat 15th Sep 2007 10:10 in reply to "Ruby"

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2005-11-11

After using Python for a few years I decided to check out Ruby, and I did look back. Not that Ruby is not a good tool, but I just can't shake that feeling of unease around anything with a syntax that reminds me of perl.

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