title: Best language for scripting large scale file management
body: <p>The National Park Service's Natural Sounds Program collects multiple terabytes of data each year measuring soundscapes.  In your opinion, what is best available scripting language to manage massive amounts of files and file types?  We would like to easily design and run efficient user-friendly scripts to search for and retrieve/create copies of files that may be located in different directories according a single static hierarchy.  The OS will most likely be windows.  Thanks!  </p>