#!/bin/bash # Desc: Template to report seconds until beginning of next day #==BEGIN Define script parameters== #===BEGIN Declare local script functions=== yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370 die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } timeUntilNextDay(){ # Desc: Report seconds until next day. # Version: 1.0.3 # Output: stdout: integer seconds until next day # Output: exit code 0 if stdout > 0; 1 if stdout = 0; 2 if stdout < 0 # Usage: timeUntilNextDay # Usage: if ! myTTL="$(timeUntilNextDay)"; then yell "ERROR in if statement"; exit 1; fi # Depends: date 8, echo 8, yell, try local returnState timeCurrent timeNextDay secondsUntilNextDay timeCurrent="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" ; # Produce `date`-parsable current timestamp with resolution of 1 second. timeNextDay="$(date -d "$timeCurrent next day" --iso-8601=date)"; # Produce timestamp of beginning of tomorrow with resolution of 1 second. secondsUntilNextDay="$(( $(date +%s -d "$timeNextDay") - $(date +%s -d "$timeCurrent") ))" ; # Calculate seconds until closest future midnight (res. 1 second). if [[ "$secondsUntilNextDay" -gt 0 ]]; then returnState="true"; elif [[ "$secondsUntilNextDay" -eq 0 ]]; then returnState="warning_zero"; yell "WARNING:Reported time until next day exactly zero."; elif [[ "$secondsUntilNextDay" -lt 0 ]]; then returnState="warning_negative"; yell "WARNING:Reported time until next day is negative."; fi try echo "$secondsUntilNextDay"; # Report # Determine function return code if [[ "$returnState" = "true" ]]; then return 0; elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_zero" ]]; then return 1; elif [[ "$returnState" = "warning_negative" ]]; then return 2; fi } # Report seconds until next day #===END Declare local script functions=== #==END Define script parameters== #==BEGIN sample code== try echo "Time until next day (seconds):$(timeUntilNextDay)" # simple report 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. #==END sample code== # Author: Steven Baltaktei Sandoval # License: GPLv3+