#!/bin/bash GPSDEV=/dev/ttyUSB0 startstop() { DO=$1 echo "\$GPS_${DO^^}" > $GPSDEV if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo -e "[ \e[01;32mOK\e[0m ]\tGPS $DO" else echo -e "[ \e[01;31m!!\e[0m ]\tSomenthing went wrong. Cannot $DO GPS" exit 1 fi } if [ ! -w $GPSDEV ]; then echo $"Current user $(whoami) doesn't have permission to write to ${GPSDEV}. Please add it to the 'dialout' group." exit 1 fi case "$1" in 'start' | 'stop') startstop $1 ;; *) echo $"Usage: $0 [start|stop]" exit 1 ;; esac