Re: OT: automation (was: News 2009-08-31, documentation, wiki)

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Samstag, 24. Oktober 2009 09:03:10 schrieb olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:27:37AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> > Am Montag, 28. September 2009 10:16:29 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > > Even that (usually) is not hard at all if you know your Unix shell
> > > scripting: find / grep / sed / ...
> >
> > That's true... I think I even wrote a small personal
> > "replace_in_files" script for that at some time (so I wouldn't have to
> > remember and type the intermediate commands).
> 
> I do the exact opposite in such situations: I only write scripts for
> stuff that requires a lot of commands, or that I do *very* often --
> precisely so I *have* to remember the commands, 

I think the approach depends on what you want to archieve. 

I don't need perfect commandline skills (these are very opaque to others), but 
I like improving my Python skills, so I wrote the script :) 
Also I can easily teach not so tech savvy people to use that script. 

Best wishes, 
Arne

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