Some useful tips in here, but to be honest a better bash is to just install python and use that for scripting instead.

> Some useful tips in here, but to be honest a better bash is to just install python and use that for scripting instead.

It's not a better option, it's "an" option. Bash is very good for this purpose and very portable.

Bash is only portable if you don't shell out to other commands.

Bash becomes extremely portable if it can shell out to multiple platforms’ external commands.