Useful bash scripts

filename.sh

#! /usr/bin/bash

bn="$(basename $*)";
fn=${bn%.*};
echo $fn;

realpath.sh

cd $1;
echo $(pwd);

xelatex.sh

#! /usr/bin/bash

# Process a XeLaTeX source directory and output the result PDF to certain directory.
# Usage: ./xelatex.sh [source-file] [out-dir]
# It is assumed that all necessary auxiliary files are present along with the source TeX file in the same directory.

home=$(pwd);
bin=$(dirname $0);


srcDir=$($bin/realpath.sh $(dirname $1));
srcName=$(basename $1);
srcFileName=$($bin/filename.sh $srcName);
outDir=$($bin/realpath.sh $2);


tmpDir=/tmp/xelatex;
mkdir $tmpDir;
extList=tex,toc;

cd $srcDir;
for ext in ${extList//,/ }; do
	cp $srcFileName.$ext $tmpDir;
done;

cd $tmpDir;
xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $srcName;
for ext in ${extList//,/ }; do
	cp $srcFileName.$ext $srcDir;
done;
cp $srcFileName.pdf $outDir;

cd $home;
rm -rf $tmpDir;