Have you had experience automating tasks by writing scripts in Python?

Yes, I have used Python for automating various tasks such as log processing, automatic application deployment, and server health monitoring. For example, using the subprocess library, you can run system commands, and with os and shutil, you can manage files and directories.

Here's a simple script example for automatic file copying:

import shutil

source = '/path/to/source/file.txt'
destination = '/path/to/destination/file.txt'

shutil.copy(source, destination)
print('File successfully copied')