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At first I had a similar anti-automation view and thought all of it can be done at the CLI why bother - but at large scale or for repetitive tasks it’s very handy. Also it goes beyond just one time commands - using Ansible with YAML and Jinja you can model your data (intent) and template the commands. These templates work at scale so you suddenly have a standardized idempotent automated network.
Approach it this way - automation just replaces the human at the CLI - whatever commands you want, at scale, can be done by a computer for you now. With any / all the output documented for you automatically too. It will change your life.
I started with Jason Edlemans book Network Programmability and Automation and Jeff Geerling’s book Ansible for DevOps
Full disclosure I am also the author of the self published “Automate Your Network” book on Amazon. Ansible, Git, TFS and VS Code introductions for Cisco automation. So if I can suggest my own book too:
https://www.amazon.com/Automate-Your-Network-Introducing-Enterprise-ebook/dp/B07PKDNL78
Good luck !