bashutils

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Writing production-ready Bash scripts and reuse them across multiple projects ensuring predictable automation behavior across local environments and CI/CD pipelines alike, is really important.

We have developed and have been using bashutils for a while.

How to use it?

download the helper script into the root of your project, with:

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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tgedr/bashutils/main/bashutils-template.sh \
 -o ./helper.sh && chmod +x ./helper.sh

if eventually you experience issues with the corporation proxy, try (python needed):

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curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/tgedr/bashutils/contents/bashutils-template.sh" \
| python3 -c "import sys,json,base64; print(base64.b64decode(json.load(sys.stdin)['content']).decode())" \
 > ./helper.sh && chmod +x ./helper.sh

have a go, run ./helper.sh

if non-existent, it creates the files .variables (should be version-managed), .local_variables and .secrets (these 2 are for personal development purposes and should NOT be version-managed) next to the script
it downloads .bashutils on the first run,m it gets then included from now on
it provides a set of logging functions
on later runs it checks for updates at most once per day and replaces the local .bashutils from main only when newer
every downloaded .bashutils file is verified with SHA256 using .bashutils.checksum

you can now reuse .bashutils functions by referencing functions in your own .helper.sh:

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case "$1" in
 reqs)
 reqs
 ;;
 verify)
 verify_env
 ;;
 deploy)
 databricks_bundle_deploy "$2" "$3"
 ;;
 destroy)
 databricks_bundle_destroy "$2" "$3"
 ;;
 *)
 usage
 ;;
esac

you can also add your own functions directly to the .helper.sh script
you are encouraged to submit PR’s to contribute with new functionality to .bashutils

do check it.

Artifacts on tgedr.com

bashutils