newtex

#!/usr/bin/bash
# bash script to init latex documents
# see help for details
# author: Dorian Lesbre

VERSION="1.0"
NAME="\033[93mnewtex:\033[38m"

TEMPLATES_PATH=~/Templates
DOCUMENT_TEMPLATE=$TEMPLATES_PATH/tex-document-template.tex
BEAMER_TEMPLATE=$TEMPLATES_PATH/tex-beamer-template.tex

WRITE_TO="./document.tex"

SHOW_HELP=0
SHOW_VERSION=0
CHANGE_PATH=0
BEAMER=0
FORCE=0

for arg in $@
do
	case $arg in
		-h | -help | --help)
			SHOW_HELP=1
			;;
		-v | -version | --version)
			SHOW_VERSION=1
			;;
		-b | --beamer)
			BEAMER=1
			;;
		-f | --force)
			FORCE=1
			;;
		-*)
			echo -e "$NAME unknown option $arg.";
			echo -e "  usage: newtex [-b] [path] [--version] [--help]";
			exit 1
			;;
		*)
			if [ $CHANGE_PATH -eq 1 ]; then
				WRITE_TO="$WRITE_TO $arg"
			else
				WRITE_TO=$arg;
				CHANGE_PATH=1
			fi
			;;
	esac
done

if [ $SHOW_HELP -eq 1 ]; then
	echo -e "$NAME (version $VERSION) help:"
	echo "  Small utility script for copying tex templates."
	echo "  Copies templates from:"
	echo -e "    - '$DOCUMENT_TEMPLATE' (documents)"
	echo -e "    - '$BEAMER_TEMPLATE' (beamer presentations)"
	echo ""
	echo "  Usage:"
	echo -e "    \033[93mnewtex \033[33m[path1=./document.tex [path2 ...]]\033[38m"
	echo ""
	echo "  Options:"
	echo -e "    \033[33m-b\033[38m use beamer template and not document one"
	echo -e "    \033[33m-h\033[38m show this help"
	echo -e "    \033[33m-v\033[38m show version"
	echo ""
	if [ $CHANGE_PATH -eq 0 ]; then
		exit 0
	fi
else
	if [ $SHOW_VERSION -eq 1 ]; then
		echo -e "$NAME version $VERSION"
		if [ $CHANGE_PATH -eq 0 ]; then
			exit 0
		fi
	fi
fi

TEX_SOURCE_FILE=$DOCUMENT_TEMPLATE
if [ $BEAMER -eq 1 ]; then
	TEX_SOURCE_FILE=$BEAMER_TEMPLATE
fi

for file in $WRITE_TO
do
	if [ -d $file ] #is a directory
	then
		if [ file == "*/" ]
		then
				file="{$file}document.tex"
		else
				file="$file/document.tex"
		fi
	fi
	if ! [ file == "*.tex" ]; then
		file="$file.tex"
	fi
	if [ -f $file ]
	then
		if [ $FORCE -eq 0 ]
		then
			echo -e "$NAME skipping '$file' as it aldready exists."
		else
			echo -e "$NAME overwriting '$file'."
			cp "$TEX_SOURCE_FILE" "$file"
			texmaker "$file" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
		fi
	else
			echo -e "$NAME creating '$file'."
			cp "$TEX_SOURCE_FILE" "$file"
			texmaker "$file" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
	fi
done;