pd-gcloud.sh

#!/bin/bash

# start the gcloud command
# change the case of the command option
task=$(echo $1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')

# catch user input and check for validity
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
	echo " "
	echo "Two command line arguments are required ... "
	echo " "
	echo "The COMMAND (start or stop) and the name of the CONTAINER"
	echo " "
	echo "Command format ... pd-gcloud (COMMAND CONTAINER_NAME) ..."
	exit 1
else
	if [[ $1 == "stop" ]] || [[ $1 == "start" ]];
	then
		# check that such a container exists
		if [ -z $(podman container inspect "$2" --format "{{.Name}}" 2> /dev/null) ]; 
		then 
			echo " "
			echo "A container with that name does not exist!"; 
			echo " "
			echo "Please create the container first!"
			exit 1
		else 

			if [[ $1 =~ start ]]
			then
				# check if the container is not running
				if [[ ! running =~ $(podman container inspect $2 --format "{{.State.Status}}") ]]
				then
					# start the container and open an interactive session 
					# with the container
					podman container start "$2" && podman exec -it "$2" bash
				else
					# If container is already running inform the user
					echo "The container is already running ..."
					echo " "
					podman exec -it "$2" bash
				fi

			fi

			if [[ $1 =~ stop ]]
			then
				# check if the container is running
				if [[ running =~ $(podman container inspect $2 --format "{{.State.Status}}") ]]
				then
					# stop the container
					podman container stop "$2"
				else
					echo " "
					echo "The container isn't running ..."
					echo " "
					echo "To start run 'pd-gcloud start' ..."
					exit 1
				fi
			fi
		fi
	else
		echo " "
		echo "Two command line arguments are required ... "
                echo " "
                echo "The COMMAND (start or stop) and the name of the CONTAINER"
                echo " "
                echo "Command format ... pd-gcloud (COMMAND CONTAINER_NAME) ..."
		exit 1



	fi
fi