alt Hacker NewsIs there some tool, language or way to early script together inputs and outputs or external programs, with some safety or "proper" (for lack of better word) programming languages but with convenience of Bash (no wrapping like "exec(programname)"?
Is there some tool, language or way to early script together inputs and outputs or external programs, with some safety or "proper" (for lack of better word) programming languages but with convenience of Bash (no wrapping like "exec(programname)"?
Perl has been the sysadmin's friend (and enemy) for decades. You can run stuff with backticks and manipulate the results in relative safety.