How to Automate Terminal Commands

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  •  14-07-2023
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Question

What programming language has the capability to automatically execute terminal commands?

Say I want to scan a Wifi network for IP addresses using arp -a and print those IP addresses to the screen?

What programming language is best equipped to do this? Python? Ruby?

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Solution

Almost all modern programming languages has the capability to execute terminal commands (in python you can use the os or subprocess modules).

But for your project I would be easier if you use bash script http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html

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