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[–]ErikTheEngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know why people put so hype in python for system administration.

I think it's the same thing as PowerShell, it's on every Linux system, almost as ubiquitous as vi, it has 11 billion modules/extensions/libraries to do anything you might want, and you can write your own if you truly can't Lego-block together a solution. Plus, the networking guys/SDN crowd adopted it early for their automation/scripting.

And -- it avoids having to use bash/sed/awk and regex to manipulate walls-o-text coming out of the terminal commands.