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The number of people who claim 10+ years experience with Linux and cannot write even the most basic of shell scripts is simply staggering and quite depressing.
by davidmr 14y ago
The number of people who claim 10+ years experience with Linux and cannot write even the most basic of shell scripts is simply staggering and quite depressing.
(literally: "I want to run this command on 100 files. Write me a for-loop in the shell of your choice to do it.")
- cdf 14y agoI dont think your for-loop example is not very fair. It took me about 5 mins of reading online to figure out how to do it right, but I certainly wouldnt be able to create a flawless working script offline because much of my work in Linux tech support is not of this nature. I spend more time collecting core dumps and analysing them, for example. Don't you think you are prematurely excluding a lot of good candidates over a minor issue like this?