Python or Bash for scripting? Which is best?

Python and Bash: 00:00
Advantages of Bash: 1:45
Disadvantages of Bash: 2:35
What Bash is good for: 4:32
Advantages of Python: 5:20
Disadvantages of Python: 7:10
When should you use either?: 8:14

[Mr_Sparling]

You may never use it again (you first program), but it did two things- 1. it taught me how useful it can be- long term (30+ years!) and it was an excellent learning experience for you. Keep up the fantastic vids. Thank you!

As a request/ suggestion for comparison between bash and python: why not write the equivalent of the first program in bash you wrote in python? Maybe even do a live so we can all learn along with you teaching us? Now that would be awesome!

[jerrysyd]

Definitionly Bash, as it is widely available on all Unix-like systems, not everyone has a full control of your environments.

[snistr]

Using the terminal, automating stuff with bash scripting and having bash run python scripts for more complex stuff has single handedly changed my computing life. I'm surprised it isn't more commonplace, and those that do it don't use it as effectively. With this you can literally take any complex thing and have it done in a few seconds without the overhead of a gui or cli.

[NiceMicroTV]

Writing anything in Bash is a nice exercise, but I'd say it only makes sense if you're really rely on calling programs.
Bash is a shell, Bash scripting is for shell scripting, so, you put together stuff in it that you'd be doing in your shell anyways. Like, I do my backups with a Bash script that calls rsync with a specific set of parameters and then rotates old backups using mv and rm.
If you need to have many variables (especially arrays, holy cow), and adding together numbers and operations like that, then you go with something else, than shell scripting.

[johanngambolputty]

I've been using python in place of some bash scripts lately (for bspwm/rofi scripts). It is nice being able to go back and be able to read things... For instance for your feh/dmenu example you could:
```
from subprocess import getoutput as go

wallpaper = go(f"ls {WALLPATH} | dmenu -i -l 50")
if wallpaper != "": go(f"feh --bg-fill {WALLPATH}/{wallpaper}")
```

[samarnagar]

i made an bash script to run the last saved file and choose the compiler or interpeter based on files language and it gave me strokes like bash syntax is hell

[JohnnieWalkerGreen]

I wish there were an easy way to utilize bash functions inside awk. But bash is only for anything less than 25 lines/25 minutes.

[barry]

clearly, the best scripting language is vbscript for internet explorer

[pchan]

Most Linux tools such as the GNU Core utils (e.g: mkdir, cat) are written in C, having the benefits of it being fast and also portable is honestly pretty nice. C isn't too hard to learn either, although it'll depend on the complexity of the application you're writing.

[nicholas_obert]

How about a Python module that implements bash commands? I was thinking of creating one just for fun, but that might actually be useful to other Linux/MacOS users. And maybe implement a batch backed for windows users.

[yoga]

aku mulai tertarik disaat python lebih fleksible namun aku sering terkendala environment dan modul disaat saya menggunakan mesin lainnya

[fstoplive]

👍Love your video Young Jeti🙏 🤣 You find Python counter intuitive? I need your dictionary, please. I'm not a coder, just a writer learning from you for fun. I thought Python was for web design? But I know nothing of computer script writing. Teach us bash scripting, please.

[CreachterZ]

Now do a real head scratcher. Perl vs Python for unix system administrators?