UNIX Shell programming

[ubik]

Is UNIX Shell programming considered a real language? how far would i be able to get with this if i chose this as my first programming language?

[hyperbole]

There are several languages used to do shell programming. They go by names such as csh, sh, ksh, bsh, etc. You can add to this utilities that interpret their own language like awk, perl, sed, etc.

I don't think shell programming is a good first choice. There are many aspects of programming with general purpose languages such as C++, Pascal, LISP, etc that do not come up when doing shell programming. Also you will tend to learn bad habits that you will have to get rid of later if you plan to move on to a general purpose language.

You would be better to start ith a language like Pascal, Logo, or SmallTalk. However, most people start with C/C++ and move on from there.



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[windumi]

shell programming sometime be quite confusing, c is much more clear