make tar

maketar.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" || ! ${1+x} ]]; then cat <<HELP
Creates a tar file of specified file/folder

Usage: $(basename "$0") [folder-to-tar] [{save-as}.tar.gz]

This command will tar the file/folder of the first argument.
It will use the first argument als filename adding .tar.gz

If a second argument is supplied, this will be used as the location/name to save the tar.

Copyright (c) 2018 "FROSIT" Fabio Ros
Licensed under the MIT license.
http://frosit.nl
HELP
exit; fi

# Check if file or folder exists
if [[ ! -d ${1} && ! -f ${1} ]]; then
    echo -e "File or folder ${1} not found."
    exit;
fi

dest="${1%%/}.tar.gz"
if [ ${2+x} ]; then
    dest="${2}.tar.gz"
fi

# If already exists, add timestamp
if [ -f $dest ]; then
    if [ ${2+x} ]; then
        dest="${2}-$(date '+%d-%m-%Y_%H-%M-%S').tar.gz";
    else
        dest="${1}-$(date '+%d-%m-%Y_%H-%M-%S').tar.gz";
    fi
fi

echo -e "Creating tarball"
echo -e "Source: ${1}"
echo -e "Destination: ${dest}"


tar -cf - ${1} | pv -s $(du -sb ${1} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${dest}