Script to generate manpages

scripts/man.sh

+#!/bin/sh
+
+# $0: script name
+# $1: input
+# $2: output
+[ $# -ne 2 ] && exit 1
+[ "$1" == "$2" ] && exit 2
+
+# Global variables
+HEADER="doc/header"
+FOOTER="doc/footer"
+
+# Functions
+function the_day() {
+    # $1: file
+    # $2: what to replace with the date
+    local DATE=$(date +'%B %d, %Y')
+    sed -i "s/$2/$DATE/g" "$1"
+}
+
+function the_page() {
+    # $1: file
+    # $2: what to replace with the date
+    FILE=$(basename "$1")
+    FILE="${FILE%.*}"
+    FILE="${FILE^^}"
+    sed -i "s/$2/$FILE/g" "$1"
+}
+
+function mk_manpage() {
+    # $1: input
+    # $2: output
+    cat $HEADER > $2
+    cat $1 >> $2
+    cat $FOOTER >> $2
+    the_day "$2" '___DATE___'
+    the_page "$2" '___PAGE___'
+}
+
+mk_manpage "$1" "$2"
+exit 0