http://ammonite.io/#ScalaScripts - this might look crazy (probably because it is), but it's there, it works, it has static typing, a nice scripting library ( http://ammonite.io/#Ammonite-Ops ) it can be used as The Shell too.

And now that JigSaw landed with JDK9 and with single file running coming in JDK11(?) and with precompiling bytecode to native, it becomes easier and easier to deploy good quality code as quick and fast scripts, tools, utilities, etc.

Yes, of course, I still use bash, because it's there. But habits are easy to form and very hard to break. (Because why form re-form an old habit into a new?)