Linux:Scripts

Template

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -o errexit       # Exit on error, do not continue running the script
set -o nounset       # Trying to access a variable that has not been set generates an error
set -o pipefail      # When a pipe fails generate an error

if [[ "${1-}" =~ ^-*h(elp)?$ ]] || [[ "${1}" == "" ]] ; then
    echo ""
    echo 'Usage: myscript.sh value1

This is the description of my script.
'
    exit
    echo ""
fi

Common syntax

for

# Execute a command for all objects within this folder and all subdirectories
for i in *; do du -h "$i" ; done

# Execute a command x amount of times based on $i
for((i=1;i<=5;++i)) do
echo $i
done

if

Examples

FILE=~/todo.txt
if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
 cat "~/todo.txt"
else
 echo "You don't have the file, so you should make it."
fi

USER=$(whoami)
FILE=~/todo.txt

if [ "$USER" != "root" -a -f "$FILE" ]; then
 echo "You're a normal user, you do have the file and this is its output:"
 cat "$FILE"
elif [ "$USER" != "root" -a ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
 echo "You're a normal user, you don't have the file, so you should make it."
fi

Scripts

SSH

centos-create-user.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Execute as root
# Usage: ./centos-create-user.sh USER

USER="$1"

echo "Creating user ${USER}"
useradd -m ${USER} -G wheel

echo "Creating authorized keys file and settings rights for ${USER} user"
mkdir -p /home/${USER}/.ssh

cat << 'EOF' >> /home/${USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys
# PUT ANY KEYS IN HERE
# KEY-1
# KEY-2
# KEY-3
EOF

chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /home/${USER}/.ssh
chmod 700 /home/${USER}/.ssh
chmod 600 /home/${USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys

# EOF

ubuntu-create-user.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Execute as root
# Usage: ./ubuntu-create-user.sh USER

USER="$1"

echo "Creating user ${USER}"
adduser ${USER} --disabled-password

echo "Adding ${USER} to the sudo group"
usermod -aG sudo ${USER}

echo "Creating authorized keys file and settings rights for ${USER} user"
mkdir -p /home/${USER}/.ssh

cat << 'EOF' >> /home/${USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys
# PUT ANY KEYS IN HERE
# KEY-1
# KEY-2
# KEY-3
EOF

chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /home/${USER}/.ssh
chmod 700 /home/${USER}/.ssh
chmod 600 /home/${USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys

# EOF

Mail

Automatic sendmail

#!/bin/bash
#requires: date,sendmail
function fappend {
    echo "$2">>$1;
}
YYYYMMDD=`date +%Y%m%d`

# CHANGE THESE
TOEMAIL="ADMINISTRATOR@MYDOMAIN.COM";
FREMAIL="FROMNOREPLY@MYDOMAIN.com";
SUBJECT="E-mail Subject";
MSGBODY=$(Command);

# DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW
TMP=`mktemp`

rm -rf $TMP;
fappend $TMP "From: $FREMAIL";
fappend $TMP "To: $TOEMAIL";
fappend $TMP "Reply-To: $FREMAIL";
fappend $TMP "Subject: $SUBJECT";
fappend $TMP "";
fappend $TMP "$MSGBODY";
fappend $TMP "";
fappend $TMP "";
cat $TMP|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t;
rm $TMP;