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I am completely new to Shell scripting (working on Windows Server 2008 R2), 4 hours back i started understanding it. While searching on SO as well as on Google I found that most of the tutorials/sites talking about Linux/Unix shell scripts.

  • Does the script for writing batch file is similar to shell script in Linux/Unix?

My requirement is to fetch some details from a some folders, running SP/SQL Scripts on SQL Server & executing SQL Agent Jobs.

  • Is using Powershell is an advantage or learning is limited to windows server configuration/version?
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  • Does the script for writing batch file is similar to shell script in Linux/Unix?

No. Batch syntax is completely different from Linux/Unix shell script syntax. Check the homepage of the awesome Rob van der Woude for tutorials on batch.

  • Is using Powershell is an advantage or learning is limited to windows server configuration/version?

Using PowerShell is most likely an advantage. PowerShell is installed by default since Windows Vista/Server 2008, but is also available for Windows XP and Server 2003. If you have to decide whether you want to learn batch or PowerShell: go for PowerShell. It's far more versatile than batch.

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IMHO there's almost no reason to learn batch anymore. Everything is going to PowerShell.
Thanks for guiding me.. I started working on Powershell and those newbies who are reading this comment It is quite easy, it seems that programming is on the top of .NET framework so if you have .NET knowledge then you can easily give a jump start to it

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