adding what I've gotten so far

README.md

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 # thunixctl
 
-These are a set of tools to allow users to carry out basic administrative tasks, in a secure manner.
+These are a set of tools to allow users to carry out basic administrative tasks, in a secure manner.
+
+# thunixctl
+
+thunixctl {service} {action}
+
+  thunixctl is a tool that allows for end-user execution of simple administrative tasks, in a secure fashion.
+
+  {service} and {action} are required arguments.
+
+	Currently, the available services are ansible, www, and gopher.  Actions are pull for all three, and run for ansible.  "Run" allows users to kick off an ansible run on the machine. "Pull" grabs the latest copy of the repo into it's thunix working location.
+
+# openissue 
+
+openissue {repo} {title} {body}
+
+	openissue eases the ability for users to open issues in the pertient Thunix repo, without the need to create a tildegit account.
+
+	{repo} - Any of the project repos Thunix uses to operate.  A list can be found (here)[https://tildegit.org/thunix].
+	{title} - A short description of the issue
+	{body} - Full length description of the problem.  Your username will be included here, so we know who to address regarding this issue.

openissue

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+################################################################################
+#
+#  $0 is a toold that allows end users to more easily open issues
+#
+# Arguments:
+#  {repo}
+#  {title}
+#  {description}
+#
+# Return codes:
+#  0 Exectuted without problem
+#  1 Incorrect usage pattern.
+#
+# This software is licensed under the AGPL 3.0 or later, by
+# ubergeek <ubergeek@thunix.net>
+#
+################################################################################
+
+REPO=$1
+if [[ ! $REPO =~ www|ansible|gopher ]]; then
+	echo "Please specify a valid repo for the project."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $2 = "" !! $3 = "" ]]; then
+	echo "Please specify a title, and description in your arguments."
+	exit 1
+fi
+. ./setenv
+
+ISSUE_TITLE="$2"
+
+ISSUE_DESCRIPTION="Opened by:`whoami` Description: $3"
+
+REQUEST_BODY="{
+\"assignee\": \"string\",
+\"assignees\": 
+  [
+  \"string\"
+  ],
+\"body\": \"$ISSUE_DESCRIPTION\",
+\"closed\": false,
+\"title\": \"$ISSUE_TITLE\"
+} 
+"
+curl -s -X POST "$GIT_URL" \
+    -H "accept: application/json" \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$REQUEST_BODY" > /dev/null

thunixctl

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+################################################################################
+#
+#  $0 is a toold that allows end users to execute simple admin tasks.
+#
+# Arguments:
+#  {service}
+#  {action}
+#
+# Return codes:
+#  0 Exectuted without problem
+#  1 Incorrect usage pattern.
+#
+# This software is licensed under the AGPL 3.0 or later, by
+# ubergeek <ubergeek@thunix.net>
+#
+################################################################################
+
+NOUN=$1
+VERB=$2
+
+function usage() {
+	cat << _EOF
+$0 {service} {action}
+
+  $0 is a tool that allows for end-user execution of simple administrative tasks, in a secure fashion.
+
+  {service} and {action} are required arguments.
+_EOF
+	return
+}
+
+function ansible() {
+	case $VERB in
+		run)
+			echo "Running the ansible playbok..."
+			CURDIR=`pwd`
+			cd /var/thunix/ansible/
+			git pull
+			cd $CURDIR
+			ansible-playbook -i /var/thunix/ansible/hosts /var/thunix/ansible/site.yml
+		;;
+		pull)
+			echo "Pulling the latest playbook..."
+			CURDIR=`pwd`
+			cd /var/thunix/ansible/
+			git pull
+			cd $CURDIR
+		;;
+		*)
+			echo "That action was not recognized."
+			usage
+		;;
+	esac
+	return
+}
+
+function www() {
+	if [ $NOUN = "www" ]; then 
+		WORKDIR="/var/www/thunix.cf"
+	fi
+	if [ $NOUN = "gopher" ]; then 
+		WORKDIR="/var/gopher"
+	fi
+  case $VERB in
+    pull)
+			echo "Pulling the latest $NOUN..."
+      CURDIR=`pwd`
+			cd $WORKDIR
+			git pull
+			cd $CURDIR
+    ;;
+		*)
+			echo "That action was not recognized."
+			usage
+			exit 1
+		;;
+		esac
+		return
+}
+
+
+case $NOUN in
+	ansible)
+		echo ansible
+		ansible
+		exit 0
+	;;
+	www|gopher)
+		echo www
+		www
+		exit 0
+	;;
+	*)
+		echo fail
+		usage
+		exit 1
+	;;
+esac