[sgarland]

Same. It’s mostly because if I have a shell script, while I’ll add some comments for tricky bits if needed, and maybe a `-h` function, that’s about it. In Python, though, I use the language’s features to make it as readable and safe as possible. Types, docstrings, argparse, etc. My thinking is that if I’m going to take the time to use a “proper” language, then I should make it bulletproof, otherwise I’d just stick with shell.

My personal decision matrix for when to switch to Python usually involves the relative comfort of the rest of my team in both languages, the likelihood that future maintenance or development of the script will be necessary, and whether or not I’m dealing with inputs may change (e.g. API responses, since sadly versioning isn’t always a guarantee).