<oddy> you crazy bashers
<oddy> if i can't do it work a for loop, or find | cut | xargs | grep then it's PYTHON TIME
<oddy> "bashochists"
Part of knowing a language well is knowing when not to use it … and as useful as shell scripting is, there are definitely some situations where you’re just more likely to make things hard for yourself.
The BashWeaknesses page on Greg’s Wiki has a really good list of things that should make you reconsider using a shell script.