This could absolutely be true, but in the context of this discussion I find it hard to imagine someone using dev ops tools like these without having written a s

This could absolutely be true, but in the context of this discussion I find it hard to imagine someone using dev ops tools like these without having written a shell script in their lives - even the most basic use of these tools is probably going to template a shell script at some point. I'd be shocked if the shell command resource provider syntax in these tools coupled with their templating engines is not by some margin the most commonly used feature these things offer.