Looking For Tutorial Comparison Of sh - perl - python

[Tim Daneliuk]

I am putting together a comparison & intro to each of sh, perl, python with
a view towards addressing:

- What is each language naturally good for
- What are their respective strengths and weaknesses
- How do they differ paradigmatically

Audience is non-programming sysadmins, many of whom are trying to
improve their scripting skills. I have written extensive sh and
python, considerably less perl. Before I attack this myself, has
anyone done something along these lines I could piggyback upon?


TIA,

 

[Martin Gregorie]

I am putting together a comparison & intro to each of sh, perl, python
with a view towards addressing:

Add awk / gawk to that list. IME its often the easiest and most concise
way to process a text file, e.g. a log file, while applying different
processing rules depending on line content and/or generating summaries.

Before I attack this myself, has anyone done
something along these lines I could piggyback upon?

I haven't seen such a comparison, but that doesn't meant that they don't
exist.