newbie question

[Caleb Hattingh]

Can python be used for shell programming?

Absolutely.  Going through the python tutorial will take, say, 3 hours,  
and then you should be able to decide for yourself.

As perl does?

That is a very different question I don't think I am qualified to answer.

On 16 Nov 2004 08:35:15 -0800, John <johnw822003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can python do Shell programming or system programming as perl does?
> Thanks.
>
> John