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-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [[ ! -d scripts || ! -d examples ]] ; then
-    echo "please invoke this script from the project root"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -r scripts/example_template.tgz ]; then
-    echo "template archive missing, bailing out"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "this script will create a template workflow with a single function"
-read -p "insert the name of the workflow: " workflow_name
-read -p "insert the name of the function: " function_name
-read -p "insert the name of the author:   " author_name
-
-if [ -e "examples/$workflow_name" ] ; then
-    echo "workflow '$workflow_name' already exists in examples/"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-function_all_lowercase=${function_name,,}
-function_first_uppercase=${function_all_lowercase^}
-function_camel_case=$(echo $function_all_lowercase | sed -r 's/(^|_)(\w)/\U\2/g')
-
-mkdir -p examples/$workflow_name
-cd examples/$workflow_name
-tar xf ../../scripts/example_template.tgz
-mv SMALLNAME_function ${function_all_lowercase}_function
-
-sed -i -e "s/AUTHOR/${author_name}/g" $(rgrep AUTHOR | cut -f 1 -d : | sort -u)
-sed -i -e "s/WORKFLOWNAME/${workflow_name}/g" $(rgrep WORKFLOWNAME | cut -f 1 -d : | sort -u)
-sed -i -e "s/SMALLNAME/${function_all_lowercase}/g" $(rgrep SMALLNAME | cut -f 1 -d : | sort -u)
-sed -i -e "s/BIGNAME/${function_first_uppercase}/g" $(rgrep BIGNAME | cut -f 1 -d : | sort -u)
-sed -i -e "s/CAMELCASENAME/${function_camel_case}/g" $(rgrep CAMELCASENAME | cut -f 1 -d : | sort -u)
-cd ../../
-
-echo "the template is ready to be used in: examples/$workflow_name"
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