##################################################################### # First Created: 15082025 Author: Allan Desc: # supplies multiple functions that can help in creating bash scripts. # # For documentation and examples please see this link. # # https://wiki.x-files.dk/doku.php?id=linux:bash_helper_howto # # Download from git use this link. # # https://git.x-files.dk/bash/bash-helper-script # ##################################################################### # # Are we root if not die # must_be_root() { local required="$1" if [[ "$required" == "yes" ]]; then if [[ $UID -ne 0 ]]; then printf "\nThis script must be run as root or use sudo\n\n" exit 1 fi fi } # # Are we in the right directory if not die # must_be_in_dir() { local required_dir="$1" if [[ "${PWD##*/}" != "$required_dir" ]]; then printf "\nWrong directory! This script must be run from the directory '%s'\n\n" "$required_dir" exit 1 fi } # # Output x characters # line() { printf "%0.s$1" $(seq 1 $2); printf '\n'; } # # Checks if a service is running or not and react accordingly # # # Service(s) must be running # must_be_running() { local bad_services=() for service in "$@"; do if [[ "$(systemctl is-active "$service")" != "active" ]]; then bad_services+=("$service") fi done if (( ${#bad_services[@]} > 0 )); then echo "The following service(s) appear not to be running, cannot continue..." for svc in "${bad_services[@]}"; do echo " - $svc" done exit 1 fi } # # Service(s) must not be running # must_not_be_running() { local bad_services=() for service in "$@"; do if [[ "$(systemctl is-active "$service")" == "active" ]]; then bad_services+=("$service") fi done if (( ${#bad_services[@]} > 0 )); then echo "The following service(s) appear already to be running, cannot continue..." for svc in "${bad_services[@]}"; do echo " - $svc" done exit 1 fi } # # Detect input mode: "flags" or "positional" this will detect whether $1 or getopts is beeing used. # detect_mode() { for arg in "$@"; do if [[ "$arg" == -* ]]; then echo "flags" return fi done echo "positional" } # # Print usage dynamically (adapts to mode) # usage() { local mode mode=$(detect_mode "$@") printf "Usage: %s " "$0" if [[ $mode == "flags" ]]; then printf "[options]\n" for flag in "${flags[@]}"; do short="${flag%%:*}" rest="${flag#*:}" desc="${rest#*:}" desc="${desc%%:*}" printf " -%s %s\n" "$short" "$desc" done printf " -h Show help\n\n" printf "Example:\n" example="$0" for flag in "${flags[@]}"; do short="${flag%%:*}" rest="${flag#*:}" # remove short rest="${rest#*:}" # remove var desc="${rest%%:*}" # description rest="${rest#*:}" sample="${rest%%:*}" example+=" -$short ${sample:-$desc}" done printf "%s\n\n" "$example" else # positional usage for flag in "${flags[@]}"; do rest="${flag#*:}" var="${rest%%:*}" rest="${rest#*:}" desc="${rest%%:*}" rest="${rest#*:}" sample="${rest%%:*}" required="${flag##*:}" if [[ "$required" == "true" ]]; then printf "<%s> " "$desc" else printf "[%s] " "$desc" fi done printf "\n\n" printf "Example:\n" example="$0" for flag in "${flags[@]}"; do rest="${flag#*:}" # remove short rest="${rest#*:}" # remove var desc="${rest%%:*}" rest="${rest#*:}" sample="${rest%%:*}" example+=" ${sample:-$desc}" done printf "%s\n\n" "$example" fi } # # Validate required input (works in both modes) # validate_input() { local mode mode=$(detect_mode "$@") local missing=false local i=1 for flag in "${flags[@]}"; do short="${flag%%:*}" rest="${flag#*:}" var="${rest%%:*}" rest="${rest#*:}" desc="${rest%%:*}" rest="${rest#*:}" sample="${rest%%:*}" required="${flag##*:}" value="${!var}" if [[ -z "$value" && $mode == "positional" ]]; then value="${!i}" if [[ -n "$value" ]]; then printf -v "$var" '%s' "$value" fi fi if [[ "$required" == "true" && -z "${!var}" ]]; then printf "Error! %s is empty.\n" "$desc" missing=true fi ((i++)) done if [[ $missing == true ]]; then printf "\n" usage "$@" exit 1 fi } # # git clone if repo does not exist # git_clone_if_missing() { local repo="$1" local target_dir="$2" local branch="${3:-main}" [[ -d "$target_dir/.git" ]] && return echo "Cloning repository $repo into $target_dir..." git clone --quiet --branch "$branch" "$repo" "$target_dir" }