shell-base/modules/utility/helpers.mod

#!/bin/bash
# must be json as a string, depends on jq
get_prop_value () {
    local value
    # echo in $1 get $2
    value=$(echo $1 | jq -r .$2)
    echo $value
}

is_array() {
    local variable_name=$1
    [[ "$(declare -p $variable_name 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
}

filename() {
    # passed entire path
    echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)
}

adirname() {
    # passed entire path
    echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
}

user_exists() {
    id -u $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
    [[ $? == 1 ]] || echo $1
    }


chmod_dirs() {
    # passed entire path
    local usesudo
    [[ $1 == -s ]] && usesudo="sudo" && shift 2
    $usesudo find $1 -type f -exec chmod $2 {} +
}