+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Desc: Template function to write data supplied as argument
+
+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 $*"; }
+appendFileTar(){
+ # Desc: Processes first file and then appends to tar
+ # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
+ # Version: 1.0.0
+ # Input: arg1: path of file to be (processed and) written
+ # arg2: name to use for file inserted into tar
+ # arg3: tar archive path (must exist first)
+ # arg4: temporary working dir
+ # arg5+: command strings (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ")
+ # Output: file written to disk
+ # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel
+ # appendArgTar /tmp/largefile1.gpg "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
+ # appendArgTar /tmp/largefile2.gpg "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
+ # appendArgTar /tmp/largefile3.gpg "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
+ # Depends: bash 5
+
+ # Save function name
+ local FN="${FUNCNAME[0]}";
+ #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendArgTar()."
+
+ # Set file name
+ if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then FILENAME="$2"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:Not enough arguments."; exit 1; fi
+
+ # Check tar path is a file
+ if [ -f "$3" ]; then TAR_PATH="$3"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi
+
+ # Check temp dir arg
+ if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then TMP_DIR="$4"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi
+
+ # Set command strings
+ if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then CMD1="$5"; else CMD1="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 1
+ if ! [ -z "$6" ]; then CMD2="$6"; else CMD2="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 2
+ if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then CMD3="$7"; else CMD3="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 3
+ if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then CMD4="$8"; else CMD4="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 4
+
+ # # Debug
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD1:$CMD1"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD2:$CMD2"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD3:$CMD3"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD4:$CMD4"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:FILENAME:$FILENAME"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:TAR_PATH:$TAR_PATH"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:TMP_DIR:$TMP_DIR"
+
+ # Write to temporary working dir
+ cat "$1" | $CMD1 | $CMD2 | $CMD3 | $CMD4 > "$TMP_DIR"/"$FILENAME";
+
+ # Append to tar
+ try tar --append --directory="$TMP_DIR" --file="$TAR_PATH" "$FILENAME";
+ #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendArgTar()."
+} # Append Bash var to file appended to Tar archive
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+myFile="/tmp/$(date +%s)..original"
+echo "how are you doing?" > "$myFile"
+myVAR="$(cat "$myFile")"
+writeArg "$myVAR" "$myFile..LOUD_CHILD" "tee /tmp/cloneityclone " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'"
+#==END sample code==
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+