> 1. Am I the only one who gets annoyed by the... No you aren't. This irritates me also. Bash is about as beautiful as perl. > 2. If you need this level of co

> 1. Am I the only one who gets annoyed by the... No you aren't. This irritates me also. Bash is about as beautiful as perl. > 2. If you need this level of complexity, I feel like you should be reaching for Python or Go or something else that definitely isn't Bash This is true. Otherwise you risk [in bash] creating something very difficult to maintain for future contributors. The lengths people will go to avoid "programming" can be quite staggering.