Bash truly shouldn't be used for a bunch of scripting tasks. Quite simply I don't think you should ever start using shell scripts in your code base in any capa

Bash truly shouldn't be used for a bunch of scripting tasks. Quite simply I don't think you should ever start using shell scripts in your code base in any capacity Eventually you're going to reach something you just don't want to do in Bash, and suddenly now you've got two scripting languages in your codebase? Don't think you want that trouble. Start with a scripting language with decent control structures on day 1 and never have to worry about refactoring.