We introduce our organization of custom bash scripts for development.
Script Types
Bash is essential for automating tasks in Ubuntu. Generally, you'll work with three kinds of bash
scripts:
- Distribution scripts—these come with your Linux distribution
- Deployed scripts—these come with deb packages that you install
- Personal scripts—these are fully under your control and live in your home folder
You'll need a folder where you store your personal bash
scripts. As with any code, this should be placed under source control.
Please see our short guide on source control and ensure your environment is set up appropriately.
Personal Bash Repository
In the interest of consistency, let's choose mysh
as the project name for personal scripts. Create your project on your BitBucket account. Then check out your new project into
$HOME/hgdev/org.bitbucket/${user}/mysh
Now modify your $HOME/.bashrc
to include this folder on your PATH
export PATH=$HOME/hgdev/org.bitbucket/${user}/mysh:$PATH
You'll need to reload your .bashrc
for this to take effect. You can just open a new terminal.
Let's create a sample program hello.sh
to test our configuration.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "hello"
This should be in your mysh
folder. Make this script executable
chmod +x hello.sh
Let's change folders to our home.
cd
hello.sh
This should execute your program.
Eclipse Setup for Bash
ShellEd is a good plugin for Eclipse for editing bash
scripts. However it can be tricky to install. We assume Eclipse Indigo Service release 1.
Prerequisites
ShellEd
requires Linux Man Tools.
Add Update Site
Go to Help -> Install New Software... ->
Linux Tools
http://download.eclipse.org/technology/linuxtools/update
Install the Linux Man Tools. Then install ShellEd
ShellEd
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/shelled/shelled/ShellEd%202.0.1/update
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