radartech / bashlib

A collection of useful bash functions

bashlib

Bashlib is intended to be one sourceable bash file which includes several common functions that are useful in bash scripting.

Installation

Bashlib can be installed by running the included makefile:

make install

or by installing from bpkg:

bpkg install radarrelay/bashlib -g

Uninstalling

Bashlib can be uninstalled by running:

make uninstall

Use

Bashlib can be used in bash scripts by including the following in your script:

. /usr/local/lib/bashlib

Version Variables

Bashlib reserves the environment variable space BASHLIB_RES_* for library variables, the BASHLIB_RES_MAJ_VERSION, BASHLIB_RES_MIN_VERSION, and BASHLIB_RES_PATCH_VERSION variables will include the currently installed bashlib version in symver format, separated so they can be compared more easily.

#!/bin/bash
. /usr/local/lib/bashlib

echo "Version $BASHLIB_RES_MAJ_VERSION.$BASHLIB_RES_MIN_VERSION.$BASHLIB_RES_PATCH_VERSION of bashlib present."