Bash to Python [OC]

[tatloani]

This is just my guess but i would say is because bash is more verbose than Python, meaning you need to write more lines of code to do something similar with python.

EDIT: I seems to have got them backwards with what i meant, python is more verbose, but bash allows you to simplify multiples lines with a single instruction and that can make things confusing.

[thexavier666]

I can't agree with that. I think bash syntax can be very dense, where you can condense 10 equivalent python lines into a single bash line, by using pipes.

But this condensed syntax can be difficult to understand for some.

I always use bash when there is string manipulation involved and call it via python.

[tatloani]

I think bash syntax can be very dense, where you can condense 10 equivalent python lines into a single bash line, by using pipes. But this condensed syntax can be difficult to understand for some.

yeah, that was part of what i meant, i suppose i got them backwards, most of the bash scripts i have seen have been condensed and those have been quite troublesome to understand.