A very simple script to make nmap scanning a little quicker to kick off.By Glenn '/dev/alias' Grant (devalias.net)

nmap.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
echo "A very simple script to make nmap scanning a little quicker to kick off"
echo "By Glenn '/dev/alias' Grant (devalias.net)"
echo "v0.3"
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
_iphost=$1
_now=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M")
_nmapopts="-A -vvv ${@:2}"
_nmapoptshidden="--webxml"
_nmapoptsfilename=$(echo $_nmapopts | tr -d ' ') 
_file="nmap-$_now-$_iphost$_nmapoptsfilename"

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: nmap.sh ipOrHostnameToScan [any other arguments here]"
  echo "Default Options: $_nmapoptshidden $_nmapopts"
  exit
fi

nmap -oA $_file $_nmapoptshidden $_nmapopts $_iphost