Comment Comment by mg Pro shell scripts:- I often encounter machines without Python or Go. I never encounter machines without Bash.- Python and Go will probably change faster than Bash. So the maintenance cost of scripts in Python or Go will be higher.- When you figured out something tricky on the command line, you can paste it into a Bash script verbatim.- Bash is the perfect glue language. If the task at hand is to glue together some commands, nothing beats Bash. parent mg 4 years ago
- I often encounter machines without Python or Go. I never encounter machines without Bash.
- Python and Go will probably change faster than Bash. So the maintenance cost of scripts in Python or Go will be higher.
- When you figured out something tricky on the command line, you can paste it into a Bash script verbatim.
- Bash is the perfect glue language. If the task at hand is to glue together some commands, nothing beats Bash.