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Re:How to make your bash scripts more reusable by metreo on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:15PM (#24161315)
Advantages of Bash over Python as a scripting language?
Re:How to make your bash scripts more reusable by waylonwalker on Sunday August 16, 2020 @02:41PM (#24180083)
speed and simplicity

For tasks that bash is optimized for it can be done quickly and simply. Bash has a MUCH faster startup speed so aliasing some common tasks with a bash function can help your development move a bit quicker. Python can also get comparatively clunky if its just calling shell commands for everything.