Hmmm, I do run #!/bin/sh on my FreeBSD system. Maybe I should change it on my fedora box. I have run scripting many years ago on my Debian box, but that was in the early 90's. I have been trying to do scripting on my fedora box to run a program and to give me notification of issues, but I'm running into problems. Maybe it will be better when I switch from bash to sh. Right now I just play around with my boxes of fedora, Debian, FreeBSD and free-dos. On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, at 11:44, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:33:11 -0500 > "Harold Hartley" wrote: > > > I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start. > > I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for > > books or web site that can help me get started. > > > > I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 processor and > > currently 4 GB ram but will be upgrading to 16 GB ram and with dual > > monitors. > > Do you ever create shellscripts to automate part of your Fedora 29's > work? If so, that's writing code. Explore branching, looping, sending > signals back and forth using kill. When you find your shellscript's > runtime performance too slow, or when you find it inconvenient to code > bigger programs in shellscripts, it's time to switch to Python. > > By the way, I begin all my shellscripts with #!/bin/sh, not > #!/bin/bash, because Bash is a great interactive shell but it's bloated > overkill for shellscripts. > > SteveT > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Harold Hartley 17632 N. 5th place Phoenix, AZ 85022 wheelie207@ownmail.net --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss