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We know that there are some diehard AppleScript fans out there, so we thought telling you about "ash" might be a good idea. Ash (as in bash) is a Perl-based script from Hayne of Tintangel where you ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...