Sparrow is a Linux scripting platform to ease the daily scripting jobs and distribution. In this small post I am going to show you how to share simple Bash tasks with the rest of the world.

Install Sparrow

$ sudo yum install curl
$ cpanm -q --notest Sparrow

Create Bash Task

First of all we need Bash plugin:

$ sparrow index update
$ sparrow plg install bash

Then let's create a task. I always forgot how to install Rvm/Ruby so I want a mnemonic command for this:

$ sparrow project create utils
$ sparrow task add utils ruby-rvm-stable bash

$ EDITOR=nano && sparrow task ini utils/ruby-rvm-stable
command: "\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby"

Share Bash Task

First of all you need to get an account at SparrowHub, because you're going to save your task into the account.

Then having set credentials up:

$ cat ~/sparrowhub.json

{
  "user"  : "melezhik",
  "token" : "*****-****-****-*******-*****"
}

Just upload the task with some useful description:

$ sparrow remote task upload utils/ruby-rvm-stable "Install RVM stable with ruby"

By default your tasks are private so it is only you who can see them. Let's take simple step to changes this:

$ sparrow remote task share utils/ruby-rvm-stable

Running Remote Bash Task

Now the rest of the team could enjoy your little nifty task. To do this they only need Sparrow client installed:

$ sparrow remote task run melezhik@utils/ruby-rvm-stable

Community Remote Tasks

To list SparrowHub community remotes task just say this:

$ sparrow remote task public list

Further reading is Sparrow documentation on remotes tasks.

Conclusion

Sparrow enables creation of scripts in easy and fun manner. Or if you want - "Quick and dirty way to develop some useful script and share with others".

How to Share Simple Bash Tasks with Others by Using Sparrow