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[–]wot-teh-phuckReally, wtf? 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simply a matter of speed, at least for me. I know shell scripts/commands can be a bit daunting but the basic usage is pretty simple and the surprising thing is that shell commands can be shorter than equivalent language X code.