A Bash shell script that can be sourced or modified for a CI/CD like script that prints and runs the command given to the function.

print_and_run.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function print_and_run() {
  # print_and_run is useful for doing CI/CD with Shell Scripts where the entire
  # process is done in a single step. This function can be used in a single
  # script, or it can be sourced as a function for other scripts.
  #
  # Parameters
  # ----------
  # $@ - shell command being ran
  #
  # Returns
  # -------
  # None
  time_now=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%Z_%T:%N")
  echo -n "[${time_now}] ${@} "
  exec $@
}

for some reason, starting google-chrome this way doesn't actually send it to the background like other processes I run.

print_and_run "nohup google-chrome &>/dev/null &"

So, I have to figure out wtf is going on there.