I'm a Linux user that can do lots of things in Linux, but can't write shell script 😭

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It's very easy, you already know the linux commands, all you need is the syntax.

I know how to write shell scripts. But never used them except for once when i had my OS exam.
I just don't know what to automate....

@mohammed i think i need sometime to learn it

@itch96 i just dont know what to automate too 😂

@vannrith there's nothing to learn as far as shell scripts are concerned

@itch96 @vannrith Start with your bash profile. Check other people's dotfiles on github for things you like. Then create autocomplete functions for all your tools.

How about you manually program your $PS1 variable with bash modules, then add a thumbs up icon if your most recent command returned successful, or a thumbs down (or a poop emoji haha) if it returned unsuccessful. That was a scripting assignment I had which was kinda fun.

Or maybe program your own calculator and make the GUI with Perl and Tk.

@Seag i already have this functionality as i am using ohmyzsh.

@itch96 I use it to create a changelog from git log messages using git diff
Pretty fun and forces me to write better commit messages :)

Is it true python is used a lot for Linux scripting nowadays? Is it not inconvenient it needs to always run through python interpreter?

@vertti yes i heard that too...

@vertti I used some Python scripts rather than bash 2 or 3 times, it works fine

Go learn it!

My rule of thumb is use bash and if I can't do it in bash then use python