#bash tips

[wayfire-official]

i did a little bash thing that allows you to get the Template functionality most file explorers have within your terminal.

templ(){

FILE=$1

EXTENSION=${1#${1%\.}}

TEMPLATE=$(find ~/Templates -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "$EXTENSION")

if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then

echo "File $FILE exists."

return 1;

fi

if [ ! -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then

echo "No Template Found; creating blank file"

touch $FILE

return 1;

fi

cp "$TEMPLATE" "$FILE"

}

it's supposted to kinda work like an extended touch where it detects the extension and if it finds a template in ~/Templates then it just copies that over.

i wanted it because i found myself googling "[language] boilerplate" a lot recently

just copy it over to your .bashrc or source it from a seperate file, populate your Templates directory with some templates and you should be good to go.

if you have any additional ideas then please tell. i'm thinking of maybe having a couple different templates for the same extension, like java interface vs class that you have to choose but idk.

also i didn't really check to see if that kind of thing already existed, so if it does please tell me

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