mvnget

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt "1" ]; then
    echo "This script copies a maven artifact to a local directory"
    echo "Usage: mvnget artifactID [dest-dir]"
    echo "    artifactID is <group:project:version>"
    exit 1
fi

if [ $# -gt "2" ]; then
        echo "Too many arguments!"
        exit 1
fi

DEST="${2-$PWD}"

mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:copy \
        -Dartifact="$1" \
        -DoutputDirectory="$DEST" \
        -Dmdep.useBaseVersion=true