#!/bin/bash TEST_NAME="$1" confirmed=0 while [ "$confirmed" -eq 0 ]; do read -e -p "describe your new test briefly: " -i "$tname" TEST_NAME tname="${TEST_NAME// /_}" newnum="$(( $(ls -d tests/* | sed 's|^[^/]*/\([0-9]*\)_.*|\1|' | sort -n | tail -n 1 | sed s/^0//) + 1))" newname="$(printf "%02d_%s" "${newnum}" "$tname")" read -p "your new test will be named tests/$newname. OK [Y/n]? " if [ "$REPLY" == "" ] || [ "${REPLY/Y/y}" == "y" ]; then confirmed=1 fi done cp -a tests/00_basic "tests/$newname" # create run script for make check newscript="test-${newname}.bash" echo '#!/bin/bash' >"${newscript}" echo "make -f TestMakefile t-${newnum}" >>"${newscript}" chmod a+x "${newscript}" echo "You can now edit ${newname}." echo "When ready, add ${newscript} to TESTS in Makefile.am."