Beginning debug/cleanup

workflow/qhtcp-workflow

@@ -237,11 +237,18 @@ ask_pn() {
 		Make it descriptive and avoid spaces and special characters.
 		Example: ${example_pn}
 	EOF
+  trys=3
+  for ((i=1; i<=$trys; i++)); do # give the user up to 3 tries
     read -r -p "Enter a new or existing project name ($example_pn): " PROJECT
     if [[ -z $PROJECT ]]; then
-    echo "Setting project name to the default: $example_pn"
       PROJECT="$example_pn"
+    else
+      sanitize_pn "$PROJECT" && break
+      err "Invalid project name: $PROJECT"
+      echo "Retrying ($i of $trys)"
     fi
+  done
+  echo "Using project name: $PROJECT"
 }
 debug() { (( DEBUG )) && echo "Debug: $*"; }
 # Not super portable but nice to have
@@ -1479,7 +1486,7 @@ main() {
   # Set the automatic project directory prefix
   PROJECT_USER="$(whoami)"
   PROJECT_PREFIX="${DATE}_${PROJECT_USER}" # reversed these so easier to sort and parse date
-  san() { [[ $1 =~ [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_.+_.+ ]]; } # sanitizer regex for prefix
+  sanitize_pn() { [[ $1 =~ [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_.+_.+ ]]; } # sanitizer regex for prefix
   
   declare -ag PROJECTS=() # this array will hold all of the projects for this run
 
@@ -1487,18 +1494,21 @@ main() {
 
   # Prompt user for the PROJECT if we still don't have one
   if [[ ${#PROJECTS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then # still allows for environment overrides
+    ask_pn && PROJECTS+=("$PROJECT")
     while :; do
-      ask_pn || break
-      PROJECTS+=("$PROJECT")
+       || break
+      
     done
+
+
   fi
   
   for i in "${!PROJECTS[@]}"; do
-    if ! san "${PROJECTS[i]}"; then
+    if ! sanitize_pn "${PROJECTS[i]}"; then
       echo "Project name ${PROJECTS[i]} is invalid"
       echo "Enter a replacement"
       ask_pn
-      san "$PROJECT" || (echo "RTFM"; return 1)
+      sanitize_pn "$PROJECT" || (echo "RTFM"; return 1)
       PROJECTS[i]="$PROJECT"
     fi
   done