Creating new commands from a template

Since you are reading this book it can be assumed that you are going to be writing a good number of scripts. Here is another handy trick I learned over the years. When I need to create a new script, instead of doing it from scratch I use this simple command:

Chapter 10 – Script 2

#!/bin/sh
#
# 1/26/2014
#
# create a command script

if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
 echo "Usage: mkcmd command"
 echo " Copies mkcmd.template to command and edits it with kw"
 exit 255
fi

if [ -f $1 ] ; then
  echo File already exists!
  exit 2
fi

cp $BIN/mkcmd.template $1
kw $1
exit 0


And here is the contents of the $BIN/mkcmd.template file:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Date
#
if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
 echo "Usage:                "
 echo "                      "
 exit 255
fi

Be sure that after you create the mkcmd.template file that you run chmod 755 on it. That way you do not have to remember to do it every time on your new commands. In fact, that was the main reason I wrote this script.

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