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Shell Scripting Craftsmanship

Ray Smith (Portland General Electric) Moderated by: Ray Smith
5:20pm Wednesday, 07/23/2008
Programming
 Location: Portland 255
Presentation: Shell Scripting Craftsmanship Presentation 1 [PDF]

Shell scripts automate routine and repetitive tasks in Linux/Unix. Adding craftsmanship and style to your scripts will improve their usefulness and reliability.

1.You are a Unix Programmer 1.Philosophy and history 2.Quality, craftsmanship, harmony 2.Make it readable 1.Internal documentation 2.Layouts and formatting 3.Variable naming conventions 3.Make it resourceful 1.Use existing files (oratab) 2.Database interactions 3.Dynamic scripts 4.Make it maintainable 1.Layout in sections 2.Variables declarations 3.When to tune 5.Make it scalable 1.Functions 2.Libraries and configuration files 6.Make it reliable 1.Self-audits 2.Security 3.Revision control 4.Consistency 7.Get a second opinion

Objectives: 1.Approach shell scripting as a craft 2.Define quality in scripted solutions 3.Share tips and techniques

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Ray Smith

Portland General Electric

Ray Smith is an Oracle database administrator with several years experience developing high performance, scalable solutions on a shoe string.

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