Python sucks as an sh alternative. And as not many people use it as an sh alternative, not many complaints about it. Something as simple as `./foo.sh file.txt

Python sucks as an sh alternative. And as not many people use it as an sh alternative, not many complaints about it. Something as simple as `./foo.sh file.txt | grep bar | tail -n1 | awk '{print($1)}'` would look ugly and convoluted in python.