Script that automatically mounts an SFTP remote and prints the directory to STDOUT

remote

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mkdir -p "$HOME/.remote-mount"

if mountpoint -q "$HOME/.remote-mount"
then
  umount "$HOME/.remote-mount"
fi

if [ ! -z "$(ls -A "$HOME/.remote-mount")" ]
then
  echo "Directory not empty and not an existing mount" 1>&2
  exit 128
fi

if [ -z $1 ]
then
  echo "Didn't specify a remote (first argument, port is second argument (and optional)" 1>&2
  exit 128
fi

if [ ! -z $2 ]
then
 sshfs "$1:/" "$HOME/.remote-mount" -p $2
else
  sshfs "$1:/" "$HOME/.remote-mount"
fi

echo "running remote again will unmount the previous mount. to unmount run 'unmount ~/.remote-mount'" 1>&2
echo "$HOME/.remote-mount"