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DevOps-Bash-tools/grep_or_append.sh

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
#
# Author: Hari Sekhon
# Date: 2020-08-15 12:55:07 +0100 (Sat, 15 Aug 2020)
#
# https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools
#
# License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
#
# If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
#
# https://www.linkedin.com/in/HariSekhon
#
set -euo pipefail
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x
srcdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
. "$srcdir/lib/utils.sh"
# shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2154
usage_description="
For each line passed in via standard input, checks the given file argument and appends each line that doesn't already exist within the file
This is re-evaluated for each line, so acts as a 'uniq' filter for input lines too
See vagrant/provision.sh for an example of this in use
"
# used by usage() in lib/utils.sh
# shellcheck disable=SC2034
usage_args="<filename>"
help_usage "$@"
min_args 1 "$@"
filename="$1"
while read -r line; do
# if file doesn't exist will append to create it
grep -Fxq "$line" "$filename" 2>/dev/null ||
echo "$line" >> "$filename"
done