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my shiny new dotfiles
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      1 #!/bin/sh
      2 
      3 [ "$#" -lt 1 ] && echo "error: invalid usage: requires an arugement" && exit 1
      4 
      5 set -e
      6 
      7 bak="$1.original"
      8 
      9 if [ -e "$bak" ]; then
     10 	echo -n "$bak exists! replace? (y/N): "
     11 	read input
     12 	[ ! "$input" = "y" ] && exit 0
     13 fi
     14 
     15 cp "$1" "$bak"
     16 echo "info: created backup file $bak"
     17 
     18 [ -z $EDITOR ] && echo "error: EDITOR is not set. attempting to use vi" && export EDITOR=vi
     19 $EDITOR "$1"