Post #1248223
2026-02-21 21:18 UTC
@jordan1111 @stefano
My goal is to be able to write scripts that are basically small programs.
But I think my primary goal is getting that joy I had when I was taking courses learning FORTRAN and COBOL back in the 80s. I never made anything of use except a little program to calculate in BASIC to find if I got the right result in some calculus problems. I forget what those were about except it involved repeating a calculation until you came to an endpoint. I simply got a thrill out of writing code that made something happen. I think that is what I'm looking for--that fun. And I'm thinking bash, because it might come in handy.
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@jordan1111@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-02-21 21:26
@ajlewis2 @stefano I feel the same. I love bash. Most of my experience is with Debian and creating small-to-medium size scripts for DevOps type stuff. Some interactive menu type stuff, some for automation. I don't have much experience with others but I feel Bash is very elegant and I enjoy using it. EDIT: to answer your question 😆 if you aren't familiar, a great resource for me is from TLDP - https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/ - I love referencing this.