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