quickly symlink current directory to /tmp/

link_to_tmp.sh

link_to_tmp() {
    # define colors 
    local RED = '\033[31m'   # mode 31 = red forground
    local GREEN = '\033[32m' # mode 32 = green forground
    local RESET = '\033[0m'  # mode 0  = reset

    # no input given 
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
        local INPUT=$PWD
        local OUTPUT=/tmp/$(basename $PWD)
    # 1 input given assume OUTPUT
    elif [ $# -eq 1 ]
    then 
        local INPUT=$PWD
        local OUTPUT=/tmp/$1
    # 2 input given assume INPUT OUTPUT
    elif [ $# -eq 2 ]
    then 
        local INPUT=$1
        local OUTPUT=/tmp/$2
    # more than 2 input: undifined!
    else
        echo "link_to_tmp"
        echo "==========="
        echo
        echo "Symlink ${GREEN}INPUT-PATH${RESET} to ${RED}/tmp/OUTPUT-PATH${RESET}"
        echo
        echo "Usage:"
        echo '1. link_to_tmp : assume INPUT=$PWD | OUTPUT=/tmp/$(basename $PWD)'
        echo '2. link_to_tmp outdir : assume INPUT=$PWD | OUTPUT=/tmp/$outdir'
        echo '3. link_to_tmp inpath outdir : assume INPUT=$inpath | OUTPUT=/tmp/$outdir'
    fi
    # execute the command 
    ln -s $INPUT $OUTPUT
    echo "Symlink ${GREEN}${INPUT}${RESET} to ${RED}${OUTPUT}${RESET}"
}

alias lntmp='link_to_tmp'