2 # Desc: Template to report seconds until beginning of next day 
   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 $*"; } 
  10     # Desc: Report seconds until next day. 
  12     # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next day 
  13     # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0 
  14     # Usage: timeUntilNextDay 
  15     # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi 
  16     # Depends: date 8, echo 8, yell, try 
  18     local returnState TIME_CURRENT TIME_NEXT_DAY SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY
 
  20     TIME_CURRENT
="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second. 
  21     TIME_NEXT_DAY
="$(date -d "$TIME_CURRENT next day
" --iso-8601=date)"; # Produce timestamp of beginning of tomorrow with resolution of 1 second. 
  22     SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY
="$(( $(date +%s -d "$TIME_NEXT_DAY") - $(date +%s -d "$TIME_CURRENT") ))" ; # Calculate seconds until closest future midnight (res. 1 second). 
  23     if [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -gt 0 ]]; then 
  25     elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -eq 0 ]]; then 
  26         returnState
="warning_zero"; 
  27         yell 
"WARNING:Reported time until next day exactly zero."; 
  28     elif [[ "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY" -lt 0 ]]; then 
  29         returnState
="warning_negative"; 
  30         yell 
"WARNING:Reported time until next day is negative."; 
  33     try 
echo "$SECONDS_UNTIL_NEXT_DAY"; # Report 
  35     # Determine function return code 
  36     if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then 
  38     elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_zero" ]]; then 
  40     elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_negative" ]]; then 
  43 } # Report seconds until next day 
  44 #===END Declare local script functions=== 
  45 #==END Define script parameters== 
  48 #==BEGIN sample code== 
  49 try 
echo "Time until next day (seconds):$(timeUntilNextDay)" # simple report 
  51 if ! myTTL
="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell 
"ERROR in if statement for myTTL:$myTTL"; exit 1; fi # Use of exit code to exit early if time <= 0. 
  54 # Author: Steven Baltaktei Sandoval