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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# commands assume you run script from `nym/documentation/`
+
+# array of project dirs
+declare -a projects=("docs" "dev-portal" "operators")
+
+## now loop through the above array
+for i in "${projects[@]}"
+do
+   # cd to project dir
+   cd "./$i" &&
+   # little sanity checks
+   echo $(pwd) && echo $(mdbook --version) &&
+   # clean old book
+   rm -rf ./book/
+   # build book
+   mdbook build
+   # check for destination, if ! then mkdir & check again else echo thumbs up
+   if [ ! -d ../../dist/docs/$i ]; then
+     echo "dest doesn't exist: creating dir"
+     mkdir -p ../../dist/docs/$i
+   fi
+   if [ -d ../../dist/docs/$i ]; then
+     echo "cp destination exists, all good"
+   fi
+   # clean old dist/$i
+   rm -rf ../../dist/docs/$i
+   # move newly rendered book/ to dist
+   cp -r ./book/ ../../dist/docs/$i
+   # sanity check
+   ls -a ../../dist/docs/$i/html
+   # cd back to ../documentation/
+   cd ../
+done
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