From 04d073329a15ad7b3be6f6da84e90a89181b96b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devon Mackay <devon@dds.mil>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 13:07:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add file with general helper functions for use by other
 scripts

---
 script/include/helper_functions.inc.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 script/include/helper_functions.inc.sh

diff --git a/script/include/helper_functions.inc.sh b/script/include/helper_functions.inc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18968aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/include/helper_functions.inc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# helper_functions.inc.sh: General helper functions
+
+# Check pip to see if the given package is installed
+# (returns 0 if installed, 2 if not installed)
+check_pip_for () {
+  return $(pip list --format=columns --disable-pip-version-check | \
+	  grep -Fe "${1}" >/dev/null 2>&1)
+}