Perl was created as a replacement for sed, awk, grep, and other tools of the day. It can be used as one command to perform anything you could ever want to do, with a minimal amount of typing and several command-line arguments to perform useful tasks with ease.
When admins use it, they often simply shell out to the identical console tools. Why? It's easier. They just do everything you need, they're universal, and they work well together.
Go ahead and write a new Perl in JS, and nothing will change; the console tools will still be there, better than anything else.
I agree that it simplifies the workload. Unfortunately, it does not reduce the workload.
When admins use it, they often simply shell out to the identical console tools. Why? It's easier. They just do everything you need, they're universal, and they work well together.
Go ahead and write a new Perl in JS, and nothing will change; the console tools will still be there, better than anything else.
I agree that it simplifies the workload. Unfortunately, it does not reduce the workload.