I agree. Python shines when you can use real libraries such as "requests" and if you are able to use a proper string/regex manipulation instead of being forced

I agree. Python shines when you can use real libraries such as "requests" and if you are able to use a proper string/regex manipulation instead of being forced to live with sed/cut/awk. However, sometimes I really just want to invoke a bunch of shell commands, including pipelines. In those cases I gravitate towards Tcl or Fish.