date-based knowledge base ID, implemented in bash
GitHub is very useful for developing bash scripts. You can use wokflows to automate repetitive tasks. Also, you can download and package source regularly to see how well installs look and feel on different Linux distributions.
Right now, we look at Debian packages, which can also be installed on Ubuntu Linux.
Let us briefly review the steps to install a bash script and its companion manpage on Linux using the Debian packaging system.
Clone this repo.
git clone https://github.com/motetpaper/kbdate-sh kbdateThis is the structure of the repo when you clone it.
kbdate
├── DEBIAN
│ └── control
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── usr
├── local
│ └── bin
│ └── kbdate.sh
└── share
└── man
└── man1
└── kbdate.1
Find the kbdate.sh, rename it, then add executable permissions.
fn=$(find kbdate -type f -name kbdate.sh)
fx=${fn%%.sh}
mv $fn $fx
sudo chmod +x $fxCompress the kbdate man page.
gzip $(find kbdate -type f -name kbdate.1)This is the structure of the repo at this point:
kbdate
├── DEBIAN
│ └── control
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── usr
├── local
│ └── bin
│ └── kbdate
└── share
└── man
└── man1
└── kbdate.1.gz
NOTE: The files change, but the directory structure stays the same.
Check the information in the control file. Then, build the package.
dpkg -b kbdateYou can directly install the .deb file using apt without adding a PPA repository or source item.
🖐️ Remember to use the glob syntax ./kbdate.deb when you run the installation.
sudo apt install ./kbdate.debkbdate should run on your system.
kbdateThe man page should also be available:
man kbdate