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Easily mount mass storage devices.
#!/bin/bash
# sd: easily mount mass storage devices.
# last modified: 2014/08/15
# commands: none, '-m', '-u', or '--help'.
# visually exclude the following /dev/sd* device(s) from the listing:
# syntax example: "abc", to exclude drives a,b, and c.
# use "-" to show everything.
exclude="a"
# mount commands:
mount="udisksctl mount -b /dev/sd$2"
unmount="udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sd$2"
# enable the extglob shell option (required for the $devices function):
shopt -s extglob
# function to list attached mass storage devices, excluding some:
devices() {
ls -1 /dev/sd!([$exclude]*)
}
if [[ $1 = -[mu] ]]; then
if [[ $2 = [a-z]* ]]; then
if [[ $1 = -m ]]; then
$mount
else
$unmount
fi
elif [[ ! "$2" ]]; then
echo "You must provide a variable, for example, 'c' or 'd1'."
else
echo "That is not a valid command, see --help."
fi
elif [[ $1 = "--help" ]]; then
echo "Commands:"
echo " -m: mount drive or partition."
echo " -u: unmount drive or partition."
echo " --help: show this help dialogue."
echo "Example usage:"
echo " sd # list devices."
echo " sd -m c # mount /dev/sdc."
echo " sd -m d1 # mount /dev/sdd1."
echo " sd -u d # unmount /dev/sdd."
elif [ ! "$1" ]; then
if devices &> /dev/null; then
echo "Available devices:"
devices
else
echo "There are no mountable mass storage devices."
fi
else
echo "That is not a valid command, see --help."
fi
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