It is OK to call whatever one needs actually - just minimize the usage of Bash language features (Python provides most of them). It is not complicated and requires no dependencies, here's a self-contained helper: https://gist.github.com/fillest/8d64f8fa0cdb1745bfc9c683cf39...
Great, would that work with pipes and redirections too? At that point you might as well use sh[1] which is a more advanced abstraction. My issue with these approaches is that you'll inevitably hit a bug or limitation where just using a shell language would've been easier to maintain and more portable.
Python has its uses, but replacing shell scripts is not one of them IMO. It it was then the problem didn't need to be a shell script to begin with (doesn't shell out often, needs complex data structures, etc.).
imiric|4 years ago
Python has its uses, but replacing shell scripts is not one of them IMO. It it was then the problem didn't need to be a shell script to begin with (doesn't shell out often, needs complex data structures, etc.).
[1]: https://amoffat.github.io/sh/