Start an Acquia drush command, and wait for it to complete before continuing.

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Runs an acquia task, and waits for the task to complete before continuing.
# This is a helper script, to be used in others as needed.

if [[ $1 = "" ]] || [[ $2 = "" ]]
then
  echo "Runs an acquia drush command, waiting for the results before continuing."
  echo "Can be used as a replacement for drush."
  echo
  echo "    Usage:    $0 <site-alias> <ac-drush-command>"
  echo "    Example:  $0 @site.prod ac-database-instance-backup site"
  exit 1
fi

RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NC='\033[0m'

ac_command="$2"
drush_command="drush "$@""

if [[ $ac_command = "ac-code-deploy" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-code-path-deploy" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-add" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-copy" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-delete" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-instance-backup" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-instance-backup-delete" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-database-instance-backup-restore" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-domain-add" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-domain-delete" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-domain-move" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-domain-purge" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-environment-install" ]] ||
   [[ $ac_command = "ac-files-copy" ]]
then
  echo "${0//.sh/}:"
  echo "    Command: $drush_command"

  json="$($drush_command --format=json)"
  id="$(echo $json | sed "s/},/\n/g" | sed 's/.*"id":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')"

  echo "    Task: $id"

  oldlogs=""
  while [[ $state != "done" && $state != "error" ]]
  do
    # Checking consumes resources, so wait for 3 seconds between checks.
    sleep 3
    json="$(drush $1 ac-task-info $id --format=json)"
    state="$(echo $json | sed "s/},/\n/g" | sed 's/.*"state":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')"
    newlogs="$(echo $json | sed "s/},/\n/g" | sed 's/.*"logs":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')"
    if [[ $newlogs != $oldlogs ]]
    then
      logdiff=${newlogs//"$oldlogs"/}
      logdiff=${logdiff//"\n"/}
      if [[ $logdiff != "" ]]
      then
        echo "    $logdiff"
      fi
    fi
    oldlogs="$newlogs"
  done

  if [[ $state = "error" ]]
  then
    echo -e "    State: ${RED}$state${NC}"
    exit 1
  else
    echo -e "    State: ${GREEN}$state${NC}"
  fi
else
  # Fall back to standard drush command if this is not a known asyncronous command
  drush "$@"
fi