I can't think of a single reason to use bash over Python. Anything you can do in bash can be done in pure Python. Unless you're working in some embedded environment it's a non-issue to install a Python interpreter (you certainly already have one). I would only use sh/bash for packages I'm distributing to avoid the external dependency, and then only if it's a relatively simple script.

[–] alexcoder04 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bash is much better for doing file operations and piping the output across multiple commands

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Better than subprocess.getoutput?

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