Using Case Statements and Flags to Consolidate My Bash Scripts

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[@miyolinux]

I know there was something about consolidating scripts in this video, but when I saw Devuan, I drifted off into a dream-world of butterflies fluttering across a field of flowers, the sound of birds singing on a cool spring morning, and Alabama beating the mess out of Auburn. 😌 Thanks Mike, I'll check out your amazing work! Great stuff!

[@topherfungus8424]

Consolidating like that is a great idea, duplication of code is almost always a bad thing and too hard to maintain. One thing I also try to do is test my scripts in different environments and make sure they work. Another thing you might consider (for both maintainability and portability) is to define your terminal color variables in your profile so that you don't have to duplicate all that code in your scripts.

[@TheLinuxCast]

I really need to do more scripting. Great video, as always!

[@linuxdabbler]

@The Linux Cast. I appreciate it Matt! Thanks again for the shout out, it got me to 3k the next day. Lol

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler Awesome! 🎉🎆

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

Awesome! My what a change. I have started to use case statements and function more too. I made a script that changes my Leftwm theme, the fetch screen for my terminals, conky and resets the desktop image and back with just a press of 1 or 2... What this does removes all my all my personal stuff for making my videos. It is kinda slick and yes I did it all with 4 scripts and now 1... Lol Can't wate for the Spectrwm video! LLAP 🖖

[@linuxdabbler]

@Bruce's Eclectic World. That's awesome Bruce! Can you believe I still haven't looked at leftwm... Shameful I know. But you are wearing me down and I will eventually have to try it out. Lol. Hope all is well buddy. LLAP

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler Hahahaha... One little poke at a time and I will eventually Win!... 🤣 Don't get me wrong, I still use SpectrWm too. 😆 LLAP

[@linuxdabbler]

@@Bruces-Eclectic-World "One little poke at a time and I will eventually Win!" LOL. I may have to steal that one from you.

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler It's all yours! 🤣 LLAP

[@TheLinuxCast]

BTW, do you have your youtube subscriber script (the one on your bar) up somewhere? I looked through your dots, and didn't see it, though I may have missed it

[@linuxdabbler]

I don't think I put it in my dots, but I will add it for you shortly. It's kinda hacky... But I set up a cron job to run every hour and output the sub count to a file and poll the file instead of the website.

[@linuxdabbler]

Should be there now in .local/bin/subs.sh

[@TheLinuxCast]

@@linuxdabbler thanks!

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler Thats how I do my weather script. I have my server run a cron job and all my fetches pull from that text file on the server... Lol LLAP

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler Now I have to go and look... 🤪