Collection of POSIX-compatible shell utility functions to simplify script writing

This repository is distributed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license

• Copy/paste any file in /src into your project's /scripts/utils directory. Make sure to preserve its relative path and to also copy over its dependencies (sourced utility files at the top) if applicable.
• Source the file from any shell script in your project, example: . ./scripts/utils/report.sh
• Use the sourced function locally

Each utility has a documentation page here.

First, clone the repository and configure the git hooks:

git clone [email protected]:logisparte/shell-utils.git
cd shell-utils
git config --local core.hooksPath "$PWD/hooks"

This repository uses docker-env to encapsulate its development environment inside a Docker container.

To build the docker dev image:

./docker/env.sh init

To start a development container:

./docker/env.sh up

To execute a command inside the development container:

./docker/env.sh exec COMMAND

To open a shell inside the development container

./docker/env.sh shell

To stop the development container:

./docker/env.sh down

For more information about docker-env, use ./docker/env.sh --help and read the documentation

shfmt is used to format shell files. Prettier is used to format markdown and yaml files. To format dirty files:

./scripts/format.sh

To format all files:

./scripts/format.sh all

ShellCheck is used to analyze shell code. MarkdownLint is used to analyze markdown code. To analyze dirty files:

./scripts/lint.sh

To analyze all files:

./scripts/lint.sh all

ShellSpec is used to test the source code. To run all tests:

./scripts/test.sh

To run a specific test suite:

./scripts/test.sh SUITE

Kcov is used to measure test coverage during tests. To view the coverage report after a test run:

./scripts/coverage.sh

NOTE: Multiline strings may report as non-covered due this issue