Python's subprocess/shell-out story is just bad enough that I still find myself writing a lot of shell scripts if the task at hand warrants more than 2-3 subpro

Python's subprocess/shell-out story is just bad enough that I still find myself writing a lot of shell scripts if the task at hand warrants more than 2-3 subprocess calls. Realistically, Perl or Ruby would fill this role fine, but I hate adding another language to a project just for that purpose.