scripting

You should probably read up on bash scripting-- there are plenty of fantastic books that'll help you do this.
Here's a pretty good one on WikiBooks: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bash_Shell_Scripting

thanks - now to watch my anime and pick a editor - i got kwrite but im thinkimg that nano better.

You may also want to look into vim (vi) and emacs as potential editors for scripting.

On 28/08, name at domain wrote:
> im about to be doing some scripting. i am really new and want to figure out
> the starting of a simple one that be useful for like setiing up date and
> time or finding the ip.
We meet again...

Anyways you should first start with learning a language or
shell. Generally people like Python, Bash and Zsh.

Python is langauge which has a ton modules which can do all kinds of
crazy stuff. I've a little script that checks my email and sends me
the unread emails. And I barely know basic Python.

Bash is the shell used by pratically everyone who uses a GNU/Linux
system and forms a good foundation for learning how to script.

Zsh is Bash with more features and has a ton of cool stuff like great
autocomplete, plugin frameworks (I like prezto), and themes.

But it is absolutely essential that you learn how to use the shell
effectively. Most of the stuff you want to do is achievable using
basic commands including changing music, showing you your volume
level, date, displaying a fortune cookie, ascii art, etc...

If you want to read up on someone who knows how to a lot of really
cool things with the shell I really recommend z3bra. There are also a
lot of really good resources on learning the shell which I'll link as
well.

[1] http://blog.z3bra.org/ (especially meeting at the bar and pop it
up)
[2] http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/
[3] https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto
[4]
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-2
(I really recommend this one for all things GNU/Linux)
[5]
http://www.amazon.com/How-Linux-Works-Superuser-Should/dp/1593275676
(The old version was my real introduction to Linux)
[6] http://programming-motherfucker.com/become.html#Bash
[7] http://programming-motherfucker.com/become.html#Python
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im watching my classes right now on linuxacademy- im going to to do hello world 2omrrrow!

I would say to go with Python for the clear syntax, ease of use, documentation, and it being installed with every version of Trisquel!

A good starting point is Python 2.7 (installed under just python) but if you want to do Python 3, you can do that too. Just make sure that "python3" is installed via apt or aptitude ahead of time.