Not for that, but because I write a bunch of one-off tools and with Groovy, I can contain everything in a single file - including external dependencies, - and t

Not for that, but because I write a bunch of one-off tools and with Groovy, I can contain everything in a single file - including external dependencies, - and this is like the simplicity and portability of Bash in a higher-level language. Of course, you need to have (Open)JDK and Groovy installed as a prerequisite. P.S. I don't like Goorvy syntax much and that's why I'm looking for alternatives all the time.