2 # Desc: Template to report seconds until beginning of next hour
4 #==BEGIN Define script parameters==
5 #===BEGIN Declare local script functions===
6 yell
() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
7 die
() { yell
"$*"; exit 111; }
8 try
() { "$@" || die
"cannot $*"; }
10 # Desc: Report seconds until next hour
12 # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next hour
13 # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0
14 # Usage: timeUntilNextHour
15 # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextHour)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi
17 local returnState TIME_CURRENT TIME_NEXT_HOUR SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR
18 TIME_CURRENT
="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second.
19 TIME_NEXT_HOUR
="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT next hour
" --iso-8601=hours)"; # Produce `date`-parsable current time stamp with resolution of 1 second.
20 SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR
="$(( $(date +%s -d "$TIME_NEXT_HOUR") - $(date +%s -d "$TIME_CURRENT") ))"; # Calculate seconds until next hour (res. 1 second).
21 if [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -gt 0 ]]; then
23 elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -eq 0 ]]; then
24 returnState
="warning_zero";
25 yell
"WARNING:Reported time until next hour exactly zero.";
26 elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR" -lt 0 ]]; then
27 returnState
="warning_negative";
28 yell
"WARNING:Reported time until next hour is negative.";
31 try
echo "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_HOUR"; # Report
33 # Determine function return code
34 if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then
36 elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_zero" ]]; then
38 elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_negative" ]]; then
41 } # Report seconds until next hour
42 #===END Declare local script functions===
43 #==END Define script parameters==
46 #==BEGIN sample code==
47 try
echo "Time until next hour (seconds):$(timeUntilNextHour)" # simple report
49 if ! myTTL
="$(timeUntilNextHour)"; then yell
"ERROR in if statement for myTTL:$myTTL"; exit 1; fi # Use of exit code to exit early if time <= 0.
52 # Author: Steven Baltaktei Sandoval