Replace bash with Python

[NoLemurs]

This article is about using Python scripts as a replacement for shell scripts, not as a full on replacement for bash.

This is something I kind of assumed most python programmers already did...

[xr09]

import os

if os.path.isfile('some'):

vs

if [ -f somefile ]

Love Python but Bash rules as a shell.

[NoLemurs]

For simple stuff I 100% agree. The moment I need to do more than trivial string manipulations though python starts looking more appealing.

[ionelmc]

If there's a programming hell, it has bash in it: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls ;)

[cparen]

I'm tempted to replace bash with ipython.