From 49a7f3ae42996eb9b6e223ccd1ddcd5d9f8110b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Rodriguez <brodriguez8774@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:29:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add normalize function
---
documents/references.md | 1 +
readme.md | 6 ++++++
utils.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documents/references.md b/documents/references.md
index eab90c6..fcb0919 100644
--- a/documents/references.md
+++ b/documents/references.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Various references used in project.
#### Getting Directory of Calling Script
<https://stackoverflow.com/a/59916>
+<https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128>
#### Get Absolute Directory
<https://stackoverflow.com/a/21188136>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 235335d..fc3ec4a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ For example, if both `utils.sh` and the calling script are in the same directory
At this point, you should have full functionality of the `utils.sh` file.
+### Terminal Current Directory
+On importing this script, it will automatically change the terminal to the location of the script's directory. This is
+to keep relative path handling the same, regardless of calling location.
+
+Terminal location resets on script end.
+
## References
See `documents/references.md`.
diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 2bee114..b90b3c4 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ return_value=""
#region Directory Functions
+###
+ # Normalizes the location of the terminal to directory of utils.sh file.
+ #
+ # The point is so that the execution of a script will handle the same, regardless of terminal directory location at
+ # script start. Ex: User can start script at either their home folder, or project root, (or any other directory) and
+ # relative directory handling will still function the same in either case.
+ #
+ # Automatically called on script import.
+ ##
+function normalize_terminal () {
+ cd "$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+}
+
+
###
# Gets absolute path of passed location.
##
@@ -242,3 +256,7 @@ function display_text_colors () {
echo -e " ${text_white}White${text_reset}"
echo ""
}
+
+
+# Functions to call on script import.
+normalize_terminal
--
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