When people try to migrate their shell scripts to a friendlier scripting language I'm always reminded of this post about "Bruby"[1]. It's a compelling argument to move to something comfortable but it also means you're at risk of just using Python's easy "if" and string-parsing logic when you're still relying on shell script tools for the core functionality.
[1] https://a-nickels-worth.blogspot.com/2016/05/please-dont-wri...