A shell program to start a gcc4mbed based project - $sudo ln -s /YOUR_PATH/mbed_init /bin/mbed_init

mbed_init

#!/bin/bash

_makefile="makefile"
_main="main.cpp"
_sync_script="script.sh"
_json_config="c_cpp_properties.json"
_vscode=".vscode"

create_makefile() {
	echo "PROJECT         	:= $project" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "DEVICES         	:= $boards" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "NO_FLOAT_SCANF  	:= 1" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "NO_FLOAT_PRINTF	:= 1" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "GCC4MBED_DIR	:= $GCC4MBED_DIR" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "USER_LIBS		:= $ROS_LIB_DIR" >> "$_makefile"
	echo "include $GCC4MBED_DIR/build/gcc4mbed.mk" >> "$_makefile"
}

create_json() {
	echo "{" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "	\"configurations\": [" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "		{" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "			\"name\": \"Linux\"," >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "			\"includePath\": [" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "				\"/usr/include\"," >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "				\"$GCC4MBED_DIR/external/mbed/libraries\"," >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "				\"$GCC4MBED_DIR/external/mbed/libraries/mbed/api\"" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "			]," >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "			\"browse\": {" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "				\"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders\": true," >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "				\"databaseFilename\": \"\"" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "			}" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "		}" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "	]" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
	echo "}" >> "$_vscode/$_json_config"
}

create_main() {
	echo "#include \"mbed.h\"" >> "$_main"
	echo "int main(int argc, char **argv) {" >> "$_main"
	echo "	return 0;" >> "$_main"
	echo "}" >> "$_main"
}

create_sync_script() {
	echo "#!/usr/bin/env sh" >> "$_sync_script"
	echo "# Change the BOARD and BOARD_DIRECTORY" >> "$_sync_script"
	echo "cp BOARD/$project.bin /media/BOARD_DIRECTORY/ ; sync" >> "$_sync_script"
	chmod +x "$_sync_script"
}

create_project() {
	
	if [ ! -d "$project" ]; then
  		mkdir $project
	fi

	cd $project

	if [ ! -d "$_vscode" ]; then
		mkdir "$_vscode"
	fi

	create_makefile
	create_main
	create_sync_script
	create_json
}

echo "Create a new MBED project for STM boards"
echo "Enter the project name (without space):"
read project

echo "Enter the board names (space separated)"
read boards

create_project

Add GCC4MBED_DIR and ROS_LIB_DIR variables for bashrc.
Make as executable:
$ chmod +x /YOUR_PATH/mbed_init

Export a symbolink to mbed_init file:
$ sudo ln -s /YOUR_PATH/mbed_init /bin/mbed_init

Run the script:
$ mbed_init