/bin/$ - copying commands from strangers on the internet with (slightly less) reckless abandon!

$

#!/bin/sh

# Copying dangerous commands from the internet and forgetting to trim the `$` off the start?
# Getting all sorts of `# -bash: $: command not found` errors?
# This script is for you!
# `$ command` will now ask for confirmation before executing the gum you scraped off of stackoverflow!

echo "You are about to run the command:"
echo "$@"
read -n 1 -p "Do you want to continue? [yN]: " answer
echo ""

if [ "$answer" == "y" ]; then
  echo "--- executing ---"
  "$@"
fi