Although I started with Korn and Bourne shells instead of PERL, I agree
with Keith about PHP.
PHP is easy to learn, especially if you already know "C" - many of the
fundamental I/O calls are based on the
standard "C" language defined in P.J. Plauger's book.
Jon Kettenhofen
subs@kexsof.com
On 06/24/2013 10:43 AM, keith smith wrote:
>
>
> About 13 years ago I taught myself PERL using http://www.cgi101.com/
> I left PERL for PHP several years later.
>
> When choosing a language you may want to consider several things.
>
> 1) Is that language readily available with the major virtual hosting
> companies like GoDaddy and HostGator.
>
> 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.
>
> PHP is not that hard to learn, nor is MySql. Google is your friend.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> And PHP / MySql is everywhere.
>
> Throw in a little jQuery and you could create some really awesome apps.
>
> Might open up a whole new world for you.
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sun, 6/23/13, George Toft /<george@georgetoft.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: George Toft <george@georgetoft.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: How to embed or call a shell script in an html file?
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 10:28 PM
>
> Several years ago I did a test: perl versus bash cgi scripts.
> perl was
> about 5,000 times faster than bash.
>
> Learning Perl isn't that hard - get "Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21
> Days"
> and you'll be ok.
>
> Regards,
>
> George Toft
>
> On 6/23/2013 7:45 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
> > From: joe@
> >> Now, my follow-up question is, how can I integrate this shell
> script
> >> into an html file as I hope to be able to use it in a web page?
> > This is *not* a good idea. Creating dynamic web pages with
> shell can be done,
> > but it's not one of the things that shell is designed for/good
> at. One way is
> > briefly described at
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/ssi.html . You
> > will have an easier time of it if you use something that's
> designed for
> > creating dynamic web pages, like mod_python or CGI-Perl or Ruby
> on Rails or
> > PHP.
> >
> >> #!/bin/bash - This shell script that I have named "qsearch" now
> works.
> >>
> >> while (:) do
> >> echo -e "Press S to search >>> \c"; ans=`readin`; echo; case
> $ans in
> >> [sS]) echo -e "Find what word? \c";read name1
> >> echo -e "and what second word? \c";read name2
> >> fgrep -y "$name1" q-hid | fgrep -y "$name2" > tempz
> >> cls; echo -e "\nSearch word(s): $name1 $name2";
> >> echo "Here are the first 10 results found:"; echo
> >> head -10 tempz; echo;;
> >> [qQ]) cls; echo; exit;;
> >> *) cls; echo "Not a valid option."; echo;; esac done
> >> esac
> >> done
> > How is this working? If I paste the above into temp.sh and
> execute it, it
> > says "/bin/bash: - : invalid option". If I fix the interpreter
> line so it
> > says "#!/bin/bash" , it complains that readin and cls are not
> valid bash
> > commands. If I replace "ans=`readin`" with "read ans" and "cls"
> with "clear",
> > it fails with a syntax error because "esac done" is in there twice.
> >
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