Shell code of all varieties is difficult to read.
Spoken like a man who has never supported SQR or read IRS instructions.
Shell syntax has its quirks, sure. It certainly isn't as powerful as perl or as "clean" as Java or as readable as Applescript. However, for when it was written it was quite an advance. Also, it beats the heck out of DCL on VMS, which is where I first learned to really program, so maybe I look on shell programming with more fondness than others do.
YMMV
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tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub)
And remember, if he succeeds, so what.
- Chick McGee
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