bootstrap-bash

#!/bin/bash

# Configuration
###############


# Functions
###########
function show_help {
    echo "Create a new bash script from a template"
    echo "Usage: $0 [options] [filename]"
    echo "Options:"
    echo -e "-h\tShow this help"
}

# Ask a question, defaults to yes
function yes_no_question () {
    read -r -p "$1 [Y/n] " response
    response=${response,,}
    if [[ "$response" =~ ^(yes|y|)$ ]]; then
        return 0
    else
        return 1
    fi
}

# Ask a question, defaults to no
function no_yes_question () {
    read -r -p "$1 [Y/n] " response
    response=${response,,}
    if [[ "$response" =~ ^(no|n|)$ ]]; then
        return 0
    else
        return 1
    fi
}

# Useful Variables
##################
# Directory containing this script
#  (no matter where it is called from)
SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
done
script_dir="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"

# Script
########
new_script_name="$1"

# Read Command Line Arguments
while getopts "h" opt; do
    case "$opt" in
        h)
            show_help
            exit 0
            ;;
  esac
done

# Verify Parameters
if [ -z "$new_script_name" ]
then
    echo -e "Path for new script:"
    read new_script_name
fi

# Copy Template to New File
echo -e "Generating new script in $new_script_name..."
eval "cp $script_dir/bootstrap/bash $new_script_name"
eval "chmod +x $new_script_name"