ms264556

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ms264556,

I occasionally have to download and run old versions in a VM to build poorly supported software.

E.g. step 1 of the build instructions here

Install the following packages in an ubuntu - 14.04.6 LTS machine

What are the recommended scripting languages for complex shell scripts beyond bash?

I’ve been struggling with a rather complex shell script, and it’s becoming apparent that Bash might not be the best choice for this particular task. While I usually gravitate towards statically typed languages like Go or Rust, I’ve noticed that many people recommend alternative languages such as Lua or Python for scripting...

ms264556,

It’s pretty close already. I forget where I cribbed the technique from, but I embed python functions into my scripts very often…

E.g. see here

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