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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Although I started with Korn and Bourne
shells instead of PERL, I agree with Keith about PHP.<br>
<br>
PHP is easy to learn, especially if you already know "C" - many of
the fundamental I/O calls are based on the <br>
standard "C" language defined in P.J. Plauger's book. <br>
<br>
Jon Kettenhofen<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:subs@kexsof.com">subs@kexsof.com</a><br>
On 06/24/2013 10:43 AM, keith smith wrote:<br>
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About 13 years ago I taught myself PERL using
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cgi101.com/">http://www.cgi101.com/</a> I left PERL for PHP several years
later.<br>
<br>
When choosing a language you may want to consider several
things.<br>
<br>
1) Is that language readily available with the major
virtual hosting companies like GoDaddy and HostGator.<br>
<br>
2) What would you like to do with the language beyond the
current project. If you use WordPress, Joomla, Drupal...
or any number of open sources browser based apps that are
written in PHP, you may consider PHP over PERL. If you
want to do server automation you may what PERL, or maybe
that does not matter much any longer and PHP is just as
strong.<br>
<br>
PHP is not that hard to learn, nor is MySql. Google is
your friend.<br>
<br>
I began to learn PHP by creating a simple connection
string, selecting a database and then hard coded queries
to Create, Read, Update, Delete, (CRUD) and finally a
list. I expanded from there. You need to know a little
HTML and CCS, which I think you already know. <br>
<br>
The beauty of going this route is you can build browser
based apps that will run anyplace there is a browser, that
means M$, Linux, ALL smart phones (not just the ones that
run your app), AND Apple.<br>
<br>
And PHP / MySql is everywhere. <br>
<br>
Throw in a little jQuery and you could create some really
awesome apps.<br>
<br>
Might open up a whole new world for you.<br>
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Keith Smith<br>
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--- On <b>Sun, 6/23/13, George Toft <i><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:george@georgetoft.com"><george@georgetoft.com></a></i></b>
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From: George Toft <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:george@georgetoft.com"><george@georgetoft.com></a><br>
Subject: Re: OT: How to embed or call a shell script in
an html file?<br>
To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org"><plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org></a><br>
Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 10:28 PM<br>
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<div class="plainMail">Several years ago I did a test:
perl versus bash cgi scripts. perl was <br>
about 5,000 times faster than bash.<br>
<br>
Learning Perl isn't that hard - get "Teach Yourself
Perl 5 in 21 Days" <br>
and you'll be ok.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
George Toft<br>
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On 6/23/2013 7:45 AM, Matt Graham wrote:<br>
> From: joe@<br>
>> Now, my follow-up question is, how can I
integrate this shell script<br>
>> into an html file as I hope to be able to use
it in a web page?<br>
> This is *not* a good idea. Creating dynamic web
pages with shell can be done,<br>
> but it's not one of the things that shell is
designed for/good at. One way is<br>
> briefly described at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/ssi.html"
target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/ssi.html</a>
. You<br>
> will have an easier time of it if you use
something that's designed for<br>
> creating dynamic web pages, like mod_python or
CGI-Perl or Ruby on Rails or<br>
> PHP.<br>
><br>
>> #!/bin/bash - This shell script that I have
named "qsearch" now works.<br>
>><br>
>> while (:) do<br>
>> echo -e "Press S to search >>> \c";
ans=`readin`; echo; case $ans in<br>
>> [sS]) echo -e "Find what word? \c";read
name1<br>
>> echo -e "and what second word?
\c";read name2<br>
>> fgrep -y "$name1" q-hid | fgrep -y
"$name2" > tempz<br>
>> cls; echo -e "\nSearch word(s):
$name1 $name2";<br>
>> echo "Here are the first 10 results
found:"; echo<br>
>> head -10 tempz; echo;;<br>
>> [qQ]) cls; echo; exit;;<br>
>> *) cls; echo "Not a valid option."; echo;;
esac done<br>
>> esac<br>
>> done<br>
> How is this working? If I paste the above into
temp.sh and execute it, it<br>
> says "/bin/bash: - : invalid option". If I fix
the interpreter line so it<br>
> says "#!/bin/bash" , it complains that readin and
cls are not valid bash<br>
> commands. If I replace "ans=`readin`" with "read
ans" and "cls" with "clear",<br>
> it fails with a syntax error because "esac done"
is in there twice.<br>
><br>
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