Re: [Help-bash] Preferred method wrapping mkdir

[konsolebox]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:55 AM, Joseph Pesco <address@hidden> wrote:
> I've developed a passion for wrapping mkdir up in a utility function.
> Is there a reason for not using either of the following two methods to
> do it?  Is there a better method I've not thought of?

Same idea as everyone but try to emulate argument parsing if possible;
which is what I do most of the time.

function mkdir {
    local OPTS=() DIRS=()

    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
        case $1 in
        --help)
            echo "Usage: [MKDIR_OPTIONS] [--] DIR ..."
            return 2
            ;;
        -m|--mode)
            OPTS+=("${@:1:2}")
            shift
            ;;
        -*)
            OPTS+=("$1")
            ;;
        --)
            DIRS+=("${@:2}")
            break
            ;;
        *)
            DIRS+=("$1")
            ;;
        esac

        shift
    done

    if [[ address@hidden -eq 0 ]]; then
        echo "No directory specified."
        return 1
    fi

    command mkdir "address@hidden" -- "address@hidden" || return  ## && comand 
cd ...
    command cd -- "address@hidden:0:1}"  ## Or "address@hidden:(-1)}", or
disallow multiple dirs, or don't cd if multiple dirs were specified
}

You can explicitly check validity of mkdir options on the wrapper
itself if you want.

If you're concerned about compatibility just tweak it to make it more universal.