buildAndDeploy.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash


# parse arguments and handle bad arguments
if [ $# -ge 1 ] && [ $# -le 2 ] # if there >=1 and <=2 args
then
    # parse the first argument, either a dev's name or the string "prod"
    if [ "${1}" == "prod" ]
    then
        devname=""
        prod=true
        echo "deploy chosen: production"
    else
        echo "deploy chosen: $1 development"
        devname="${1:0:1}"
        prod=false
    fi
    # parse the second argument, which must be empty or be the string "--verbose"
    if [ "${2}" == "--verbose" ]
    then
        verbose=""
    else
        if [ "${2}" == "" ] # if the --verbose argument isn't given, silence npm and maven
        then
            verbose="1> /dev/null 2>&1"
        else
            echo "optional second argument must be the string \"--verbose\""
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
else
    echo "deploy.sh takes one required argument: the name of the dev or \"prod\""
    echo "deploy.sh takes an optional second argument: \"--verbose\" to print npm and maven output"
    exit 1
fi

export devname
export prod
export verbose

buildAndDeploy="./scripts/buildApp.sh && ./scripts/deployApp.sh"
if eval $buildAndDeploy
then
    echo "deploy.sh succeeded"
else
    echo "deploy.sh failed"
    exit 1
fi