A Python script is (generally) easier to read, easier to write, easier to modify/maintain, easier to debug and easier to test. Bash programming is not easy and

A Python script is (generally) easier to read, easier to write, easier to modify/maintain, easier to debug and easier to test. Bash programming is not easy and full of loads of gotchas. Useful for running multiple commands but when you start to need to do programming things like conditionals/loops/variables then using an actual programming language makes more sense.