[Haifux] advanced of programming in Linux

[Shahar Dag]

Hello all

everything is correct:
some jobs are easier on Linux
knowing another OS make you a better programmer
Linux is free & so are most of its tools

but what I am looking for is:
a description of a simple every day job
that windows people will say that they will have to spent half a day 
programming to automate it.
that widows people will admit that it is something reasonable to do.
a job that can be accomplished on Linux with 10 minutes
and the result should be to bring the Windows people to consider Linux (at 
list) as their development environment

Shahar
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabor Szabo" <szabgab at gmail.com>
To: "Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda" <ladypine at gmail.com>
Cc: "Haifux" <haifux at haifux.org>; "Shahar Dag" <dag at cs.technion.ac.il>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Haifux] advanced of programming in Linux


> IMHO it is not only about "better" is also that by having a broader 
> knowledge
> you increase your value and your chances to get a job.
>
> Interestingly recently I more and more see companies that use Linux.
> Even as the developer desktops.
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
> <ladypine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Shahar Dag <dag at cs.technion.ac.il> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all
>>>
>>> mix & match is just a buzzword.
>>
>> Change all files foo* to bar*. Easy with make or a shell loop, I am not
>> familiar with a convenient ready-made tool.
>>
>
> I can give you another, similar examples.
>
> Replace the word Java by C# in every .txt file in a directory structure.
> Replace the field A4 in every Excel (.xls) file in a directory structure.
> Sum the 3rd column of every Excel file in a directory structure.
>
> I am sure you can write it in Windows shell but I am quite confident it
> is much simpler to write the above two either as a shell or as a perl 
> script.
>
>
> Repeating tasks - History.
> Many tasks we do are repeating the same command in a slightly different 
> way.
>
> The Linux/Unix version might  need you to type in a 20-30 character
> long command.
> The windows version might be shorter and and might require less things
> to remember.
> It might involve clicking on 5 buttons and typing 2 strings.
>
> BUT, the next time you have to do the task - or a similar task - in
> the windowing system you will
> have to repeat the whole sequence while in a unix/linux shell where
> you have a history and
> strong editing capabilities you can reuse the precious solutions.
>
>
> In the end I am not sure the way to go is to advocate Unix/Linux. It
> might be to direct them to the
> command line, some high-level scripting language and maybe even cygwin
> to put them on the
> road in the direction....
>
> Some of them will arrive.
>
> Gabor
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