added cron job builder bash script

Author: nooobcoder

cron_job/cron_builder.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+DEFAULT_PING_COUNT=4
+DEFAULT_TELNET_RETRY=4
+DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME="logs.log"
+
+# function to generate cron job string
+generate_cron_job_string() {
+  cron_pattern=$1
+  ping_check_filename=$2
+  ping_count=$3
+  telnet_retry=$4
+  log_filename=$5
+
+  cron_job_string="$cron_pattern /usr/bin/python /home/[email protected]/OPT/pingTester/Test/Temp/cron_job/python2port.py -f /home/[email protected]/OPT/pingTester/Test/Temp/cron_job/$ping_check_filename -pc $ping_count -tr $telnet_retry &>/home/[email protected]/OPT/pingTester/Test/Temp/cron_job/cron_output/$log_filename"
+
+  echo "$cron_job_string"
+}
+
+# function to increment log filename
+increment_log_filename() {
+  log_filename=$1
+
+  if [[ $log_filename == $DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME ]]; then
+    new_log_filename="logs2.log"
+  else
+    log_number=$(echo "$log_filename" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
+    new_log_number=$((log_number+1))
+    new_log_filename="logs$new_log_number.log"
+  fi
+
+  echo "$new_log_filename"
+}
+
+# prompt user to remove existing cron jobs
+read -p "Do you want to remove existing cron jobs? (y/n): " remove_existing
+
+if [[ $remove_existing == "y" ]]; then
+  # remove existing cron jobs
+  crontab -r
+fi
+
+while true; do
+  # prompt user for input
+  read -p "Enter cron pattern (e.g. 58 11 * * *): " cron_pattern
+  read -p "Enter ping check filename: " ping_check_filename
+  read -p "Enter ping count (default $DEFAULT_PING_COUNT): " ping_count_input
+  ping_count=${ping_count_input:-$DEFAULT_PING_COUNT}
+  read -p "Enter telnet retry (default $DEFAULT_TELNET_RETRY): " telnet_retry_input
+  telnet_retry=${telnet_retry_input:-$DEFAULT_TELNET_RETRY}
+  read -p "Enter log filename (default $DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME): " log_filename
+  log_filename=${log_filename:-$DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME}
+
+  # generate cron job string and output to user
+  cron_job_string=$(generate_cron_job_string "$cron_pattern" "$ping_check_filename" "$ping_count" "$telnet_retry" "$log_filename")
+  echo "Cron job string: $cron_job_string"
+
+  # prompt user to build another cron job
+  read -p "Do you want to build another cron job? (y/n): " build_another
+
+  # exit loop if user does not want to build another cron job
+  if [[ $build_another == "n" ]]; then
+    break
+  fi
+
+  # increment log filename for next iteration
+  DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME=$(increment_log_filename "$log_filename")
+done
+
+# set cron jobs
+echo "$cron_job_string" | crontab -