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growe - 26 years

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thaostra - 4 years

devien - 4 years

growe

1987–

I didn't realize Bash counted as a language, but yes, I've written a few scripts on it back in the days when I had to use a Unix machine. It's OK if you're one of those Cretaceous period computer people who regard graphical interfaces as a sign of inbreeding.

doughellmann

1990–

dabeaz

1990–

Still write simple shell scripts from time to time.

dasil003

1990–

I was 12 the first time I got on a Unix system (Solaris). A 16-year-old ubergeek friend taught us the basics. 20 years later I continue accumulating knowledge.

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While zsh was my chosen shell for years, good ole' bash is hard to beat!

liza

1993–

gnat

1993–1998

Learned it doing web work, before I got the hang of Perl. Then had to use it when I worked as a sysadmin. Now I'm grateful every day I don't have to bang my head on the desk trying to figure out how to make the argument evaluation/whitespace-splitting logic do what I want.

boutell

1993–

As little as possible. But it comes in handy to know how to while and if your way through the outcomes of a few things. Pretty soon I lose patience with it and write a PHP script.

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oh gosh, people write whole programmes with this? learn to perl!

jjames

1995–

Pre-requisite for linux, especially in the terminal reliant, dark ages. It doesn't get much recognition but it's a damn fine, influential and useful language.

jancona

1995–

ashugg

1995–

Lets you use both = and == to test for equality! You can't get fairer than that. Even though it does lead to people writing non-POSIX scripts headed by #!/bin/sh that break on every system where /bin/sh is not BASH. Tards.

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I have used BASH every day since I installed Slackware '96. Possibly my one true love.

jbeigel

1996–

RCARDENES

1996–

Come with my first Linux :)

wilane

1997–

I'm a Unix user

brucehoult

1997–

I started playing with Linux on a Pentium 60 and Solaris on a SPARC ELC.

jorjun

1997–

This thing stinks. Seriously, it is only for haxx0rs who have low self esteem. It's a bit like all that obtuse accountant terminology. As if you would want steal an accountant's job, I ask yer... use PYTHON

jeffself

1997–

Who hasn't written scripts in Bash? If you have used Linux then you learned Bash.

carljm

1998–

Awful, but sometimes irresistibly practical.

danceswithvowels

1998–

[ $StepsNeeded -eq 1 ] && echo "I like code that doesn't branch"\! || echo foo

pmclanahan

1998–

If you do *nix, you have to bash.

xurizaemon

1998–

Always.

UloPe

1998–

shywolf9982

1999–

The swiss army knife of the sysadmin. The fact you usually end up stabbing yourself is why there are so many openings for sysadmins :)

rragan

1999–

davidpaccoud

1999–

Use it as a glue language for Linux sysadmin. I now lean to Python for everything that is not trivial.

bkmontgomery

1999–

This is my shell. There is still much to learn.

benjaminws

1999–

Still use the crap out of it.

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Sysadmin scripts... Lots of them. I've written more than a few deployment systems in Bash. I still couldn't tell you the proper syntax for a conditional. I write bash with a reference nearby. It gets the job done.

eculver

1999–

ubersoldat

1999–

The best of Unix.

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The best...evar!

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Part of using a linux/unix based system is an ability to use bash & co to create your own shortcuts, IMO.

honzakral

2001–

My first real programming experience, still my favorite for most simple things.

kratorius

2001–

duke_sam

2001–

For some things it's hard to beat the simplicity of bash.

bitprophet

2001–

Been writing Bash scripts since I became a Unix geek -- even after I realized that any Bash script >10 lines really wants to be a Python or Ruby script instead.

ghoseb

2001–

Sitwon

2001–

Started trying to seriously learn Linux, not just dick around with it.

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First really got into bash scripting as a level 1/2 sysadmin in college. Its served me well.

streetcleaner

2002–

Feels still strange…

CerealBoy

2003–

davisagli

2003–

About all it's got going for it is that it's right there in my shell.

soryu2

2003–

Essential tool for any computer/OS with a decent command line.

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2004–2006

I used it to script benchmarks for a research project. A real pain, I should have used Python !

Kami

2004–

ptone

2004–

Trying to use Python more and more for sysadmin work, but there are still times when bash is the right tool for the job

nathans

2004–

Ebuilds for Gentoo

ericflo

2004–

sdhamilton

2004–

#!/bin/bash I love it. But it's half a language.

metavida

2004–

Use it some, but the more Ruby I've learned, the less bash I've used.

b3ng0

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krisse2

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shawnr

2004–

I still work in the BASH shell every day, and BASH scripting is a part of daily life.

leveille

2004–

I started tinkering with Bash scripts back in 2004, as webmaster for the school where I taught. Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, MD.

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Only basic working knowledge to get by with Linux

adamcik

2005–

Where would I be without oneliners :P

sanchom

2005–

I started working in a robotics lab during my undergrad. Everything was linux. I needed to learn bash. Funny how every person new to the environment goes through the same sequence of questions and realizations for about the first six months.

amackera

2005–

Love bash. Love bash so hard.

brutasse

2005–

yacitus

2005–

I don't think I wrote BASH scripts until quite late in my career as I was re-introduced to Unix through Linux. I still would rather write a Python script than a 2-line BASH script.

myles

2005–

collypops

2006–

Wrote a simple version-control system as a set of bash scripts for a Uni project. Great fun, but more than anything it helped me make better use of the Linux terminal.

cpharmston

2006–

mccolgan

2006–

GordyBrow

2006–

Handy tool to have. Great scripting tool for linux boxes.

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I still enjoy a little BASH scripting now and then. Sometimes it is nice to have a very simple language to accomplish simple tasks.

nullomodo

2007–

chrisbrett665

2007–

Cema

2007–

Used other shells (sh, tcsh) since 1992.

ssbr

2007–

Counting the learning date as when I first used it, not when I first used it for proper shell scripting (2009 or so).

whaley

2007–

Finally started writing tons of shell scripts (even for Windows) using bash.

quakehead

2007–

Writing custom scripts.

gnubardt

2007–

natevw

2008–2009

HATE HATE HATE. (As a "programming language".)

rizumu

2008–

Learned out of a need to solve repetitive command line tasks and sysadmin work.

ch0llima

2008–

Used it at University to learn some advanced UNIX stuff, also had a failed attempt to use it at work to try and automate some stuff.

claytron

2008–

I learned a lot of bash scripting while making my dotfiles portable across many different platforms. It would have been much easier in Python ;)

Swizec

2008–

Da_Nuke

2008–

Took it at college as well. I just wrote a few simple scripts. Didn't really liked it, I found it a bit too clunky.

osiixy

2008–

janewilson90

2009–

Used in University to learn scripting in Linux

devien

2009–

learnt this last year working with linux console, also tutored it a bit this year. can't say i really see the point of it, but then again i didn't go that far into it...

fisadev

2009–

Still learning, very basic, but use it on my personal linux machines.

perimosocordiae

2009–

koichirose

2009–

adamv

2009–

Finally made it a point in 2009 to learn Bash scripting, what with OS X being my preferred OS.

thaostra

2009–

I use it increasing more and more each day, and so have learned many commands.

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2009–2011

scripting. I had to write it from scratch at school

Daily

I barely know bash, mostly because the environment where it's used seems to demand fairly in depth knowledge of so many different tools to be effective.