#!/bin/bash -e # A script to install other scripts! Create a symbolic link to the path passed # as first argument in ~/.local/bin and strip the extension. If a second # argument is passed, this name is used (unstripped) instead. If a file already # exists at the link path, the script fails (last command is ln itself). This is # intentional. script_dir="$HOME/.local/bin" script="$(realpath "$1")" if [ -n "$2" ]; then script_name="$2" else script_name="$(basename "$script")" script_name="${script_name%.*}" # remove extension fi ln -s "$script" "$script_dir/$script_name"