Would Python make a good substitute for the Windows command-line/batch scripts?

Question

I\'ve got some experience with Bash, which I don\'t mind, but now that I\'m doing a lot of Windows development I\'m needing to do basic stuff/write basic scripts using the Wind

Answer 1

As much as I love python, I don't think it a good choice to replace basic windows batch scripts.

I can't see see someone having to import modules like sys, os or getopt to do basic things you can do with shell like call a program, check environment variable or an argument.

Also, in my experience, goto is much easier to understand to most sysadmins than a function call.