Simple bash script to print out an rsync command for use with copying files from a remote system

get_rsync.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Simple script to create a pastable rsync command

foo="$(readlink -f "$1")"

# Use everybodys favourite Dynamic IP address checker to get our external IP address.
my_external_ip=$(wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//')

#echo $my_external_ip

# Add the slashes in to escape stuff
foo=$(echo "$foo" | sed -e 's/ /\\ /g')
foo=$(echo "$foo" | sed -e 's/-/\\-/g')
foo=$(echo "$foo" | sed -e 's/(/\\(/g')
foo=$(echo "$foo" | sed -e 's/)/\\)/g')

boilerplate="rsync -r --progress -h $(whoami)@$my_external_ip:"
echo -e "\e[0;31m$boilerplate\"$foo\" ."