[NTLUG:Discuss] Listing file permissions in "chmod format"

[Leroy Tennison]

Robert Citek wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Ben Weatherall <BWeatherall at pdxinc.com> wrote:
>   
>> It sounds like you will be using grep, tr, cut and maybe other commands from within your script. You did not say if they were all on the same H/W platform type, but be aware that not only the command options, but the available shells also differ across platforms.
>>
>> Scripter beware...
>>     
>
> Ben brings up a good point.  If the environments differ so drastically
> that different command options may or may not be present, then your
> best bet may be to insist that everything has the same version of perl
> (or python or ruby or your language of choice).  Otherwise, scripting
> this in a shell is going to be painful.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
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Fortunately it is the same OS and version, my only concern are 
configuration specifics.