Shell function that allows users of the University of Texas Web Central to quickly toggle between test and live environments.

switchenv.sh

function switchenv(){
    TEST="/export/httpd/vhosts/wwwtest/data/law"
    PROD="/export/bulk/law"
    CURRENTDIR=$(pwd -P)

    if [[ "$CURRENTDIR" == *"$TEST"* ]]
    then
        #In test, so remove test prefix and replace with prod prefix
        NEWDIR=${CURRENTDIR/$TEST/$PROD}
        
        #Does NEWDIR exist?
        if [ -d "$NEWDIR" ]
        then
            cd $NEWDIR
            echo "Now you're in Prod.";
        else
            echo "Directory does not exist in Prod environment. You're still in Test.";
        fi
    elif [[ "$CURRENTDIR" == *"$PROD"* ]]
    then
        #In prod, so remove prod prefix and replace with test prefix
        NEWDIR=${CURRENTDIR/$PROD/$TEST}
        
        #Does NEWDIR exist?
        if [ -d "$NEWDIR" ]
        then
            cd $NEWDIR
            echo "Now you're in Test.";
        else
            echo "Directory does not exist in Test environment. You're still in Prod.";
        fi
    else
        echo "If you see this, then something went wrong. Apology. Apologies all around.";
    fi
}