[Klug-general] Bash / Curl Scripting Tuition 3

[David Halliday]

Do you have a particular physical/practical reason to remove all GUI aspects
or is it a case of command line is where you came from/want to be
"spiritually"... Sorry, I couldn't think of a better word.

On 15 April 2011 14:21, Stephen Ryan <intrench at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Mike and David for those references. I will give them a good
> lookover and a try.
>
> I want to do Bash / Curl scripting because i have set myself a challenge to
> remove all GUI and Windows from my life and operate only from the command
> line.
> I want to learn http protocol programming and how to write scripts to
> interrogate my website and to scrape and download stats data.
>
> I started in computer support when the very first PC was installed at the
> company i worked at and I kind of grew up with DOS/QEMM/Desqview, Netware,
> AS400 and that kind of stuff.
> Did a lot of network integrations with Windows/IPX/SDLC/IP/Netbios kind of
> stuff.
>
> But i did not really get to involved in Unix which i really regret now.
> There is a kind of fear barrier there for some reason.
>
> I just need a command line and to try and get my head around starting to
> write scripts. There is so much information out there, its pretty difficult
> to know where to start and some of this stuff is extremely dry, so i need to
> get it in my head in a more creative way.
>
> I will try and find some local colleges and if you know any tutors please
> let me know.
>
> Cheers
> Stephen
>
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