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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Desc: Wrapper for creating monthly journal page generation script
+# Input: arg1: path mw_create_month_journal.sh
+# arg2: year start
+# arg3: year end
+# Example: mw_create_month_journal_range.sh ./mw_create_month_journal.sh 2030 2040
+# Depends: BK-2020-03: mw_create_month_journal.sh
+# Version: 1.0.0
+
+# plumbing
+path_cmj="$1"; # eg "$HOME/scripts/mw_create_month_journal.sh"
+year_start="$2"; # eg 2030
+year_end="$3"; # eg 2040
+dir_out="./wikicode/";
+
+yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # print script path and all args to stderr
+die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } # same as yell() but non-zero exit status
+must() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } # runs args as command, reports args if command fails
+check_depends() {
+ # check location of `mw_create_month_journal.sh`
+ if [[ ! -f "$path_cmj" ]]; then die "FATAL:Not found:$path_cmj"; fi;
+};
+check_plumbing() {
+ if [[ ! -d "$dir_out" ]]; then
+ yell "STATUS:Creating missing dir_out:$dir_out";
+ mkdir -p "$dir_out"; fi;
+};
+main() {
+ check_depends;
+ check_plumbing;
+
+ while read -r year; do
+ while read -r month; do
+ monthp="$(printf "%2d" "$month")";
+ # Define and execute create monthly journal command
+ cmj_args+=("$year");
+ cmj_args+=("$month");
+
+ # Define output file path
+ path_out="$dir_out"/"$(printf "%d-%02d" "$year" "$month")";
+
+ # Execute
+ "$path_cmj" "${cmj_args[@]}" > "$path_out";
+
+ unset cmj_args;
+ done < <(seq 1 12); # each month
+ done < <(seq "$year_start" "$year_end"); # each year
+};
+
+main "$@";
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPlv3+