Saint Jude

I'm studying a Unix module at present, and I'm having difficulties, especially with Bash shell scripting. My college is 100km away, and all the students speak a (to me) foreign language, so I generally end up having to solve problems on my own.

Being used to languages like Java & Javascript, I find Bash rather upside-down, and have difficulty doing some of the simplest operations.

I do have a few specific questions to ask. I have spent countless hours trying to find answers, and all the while I suspect that anyone with even the most basic grounding in Bash (or Bourne) could sort me out just like that.

Is there anyone who would be kind enough to help me - either with a few specifics, or generally ? I might be able to return the favour with some guidance on Javascript (maybe Java too).

Latch

Ask away, there are people here used to bash scripting stuff. They won't do your homework for you (probably).. but you'll get pointed in the correct direction

Saint Jude

Thanks for the reply, Latch.

You are right guessing the existence of certain pieces of overdue homework ! But don't worry, I don't expect, or even actually want anyone to do it for me. I'm a very regular contributor to a couple of Javascript forums, and I know how it feels when someone is essentially asking just that. It's not so much that the poster is being lazy that's irritating, it's the feeling that they won't actually learn anything from your carefully crafted exposition. Perhaps you feel the same way.

What I was actually fishing for was some kind of short-term mentor, even one who feels a bit lacking in the Javascript/DHTML department so I can return the favour.

I know it could be considered a bit much to appear on a forum and ask for this, but it's actually the kind of thing I enjoy doing for people myself. So I suppose my request is aimed at someone like me - but who has some Bash skills to offer rather than DHTML.

If it's OK, I'll leave this request here, and post my specifics in new threads very shortly.

Cheers