title: Good alternative to Windows batch scripts?
body: <p>What are some good alternatives to Windows batch scripts?  We have a number of them and they are very "clunky" to work with.  As our group is familiar with Java is Groovy a good option? </p>
  
  <p>A lot of our scripts are used to prep dev databases so they involve a lot of <code>cd mydir</code>, <code>hg fetch</code>, <code>sqlplus ...</code>, etc..</p>