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by Alupis 1355 days ago
Writing bash scripts is really not that difficult - despite what folks might want to convince you of.

ShellCheck is a great tool, yes, and can be run natively inside your IDE. Just like any language, you need to learn the language and learn it's tools.

Blanket statements like "write all your scripts in python because there's less bugs" really just means the commenter is more familiar with python. Do enough script writing and you'll realize how absurd that statement is.

It's a lot like the folks that scream nobody should ever write a single line of C or C++ because it's "dangerous" - yet untold number of lines of C/C++ are written every day. A pencil can be dangerous in the wrong hands...