Bash, Perl, Python??? I say, start with bash.

Perl and other scripting languages are higher level and make more sense if you start with bash.

Chris Cowan wrote:

> I'm interested in learning a scripting/programming language for automating
> some task on my Linux box...
>
> Does anyone have experience with Bash, Perl, Python or any others that I'm
> missing?
>
> Any one language have more features than the other?
>
> I welcome all opinions on the subject...
>
> Chris
>
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