Which should a person use? I do things with Perl. Not terribly interesting things but things I need done.

I don't know any Shell Scripting (I think, but maybe I do.) I don't even know what I would script if I do, in fact, know Shell Scripting. I realize it will be diff't with each Shell but I mostly only use sh and bash.

So which should I be using? Or is this a case where I need to enough Shell Scripting to get by for when Perl isn't there? Like the two text editors whose names are not to be spoken, but the one that isn't always there rhymes with a product from Apple.
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