Bash / zsh key value map

dict.sh

#!/bin/sh

pre=$(basename $0)

# the -d flag makes a directory in place of a file
# the -t flag uses the pre variable as a template
dir=$(mktemp -dt ${pre})

getmap() {
    # Make sure we have both a map name and key
    [ "$#" != 2 ] && exit 1

    cat "${dir}/$1/$2"
}

addmap() {
    # Make sure we have a map name, a key and a value
    [ "$#" != 3 ] && exit 1

    [ -d "${dir}/$1" ] || mkdir "${dir}/$1"
    echo $3 >"${dir}/$1/$2"
}

######
# Test
######

# addmap "testmap" "foo" "bar"
# addmap "testmap" "woo" "waah"
 
# echo $(getmap "testmap" "foo")
# echo $(getmap "testmap" "woo")