Thin Provision VMs on Workstation Pro using the vmrun Command

$ ./workstation-clone-vm.sh --user root --pass [obfuscated] \
--template /storage/virtual_machines/Ubuntu_1810_Template/Ubuntu_1810_Template.vmx \
--snapshot base-4 --name test1
Parameters are:
User=root
Pass=[obfuscated]
Template Name=/storage/virtual_machines/Ubuntu_1810_Template/Ubuntu_1810_Template.vmx
Snapshot Name=base-4
New VM Name=test1

Cloning Ubuntu_1810_Template to test1 and using the snapshot: base-4
Powering on test1
Waiting for VMware Tools to start
..
Copying script to change the hostname from the host to the guest
Running custom script in test1 to set the hostname and rebooting
Waiting for VMware Tools to start

Copying output to local machine

Below is the output from the OS Customization:
Current hostname is ubuntu_1810_template. Hostname will be changed to test1
Waiting for the VM to return an IP Address
......
VM is running and has the IP Address: 192.168.102.131

Script took 77 seconds to execute

#Original Locations:
#Blog: /2018/11/27/thin-provision-vms-on-workstation-pro-using-the-vmrun-command/
#Github: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/blob/master/workstation-clone-vm.sh

#Example:
#testgetopt.sh --user root --pass [pass] --template /storage/virtual_machines/Ubuntu_1810_Template/Ubuntu_1810_Template.vmx --snapshot base-4 --name test1

TEMP=`getopt -o u:,p:,n:,t:,s: --long user:,pass:,name:,template:,snapshot: -n 'clone_workstation_vm' -- "$@"`

if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi

eval set -- "$TEMP"

VMRUN=/usr/bin/vmrun

#Do not edit below this line
SOURCEVM=
SOURCESNAPSHOT=
DESTINATIONVMNAME=
GUESTUSER=
GUESTPASS=
echo "Parameters are:"
while true; do
  case "$1" in
    -u | --user )
        GUESTUSER=$2;echo "User=$GUESTUSER"; shift 2 ;;
    -p | --pass )
        GUESTPASS=$2;echo "Pass=$GUESTPASS"; shift 2 ;;
    -n | --name )
        DESTINATIONVMNAME=$2;echo "New VM Name=$DESTINATIONVMNAME"; shift 2 ;;
    -s | --snapshot )
        SOURCESNAPSHOT=$2;echo "Snapshot Name=$SOURCESNAPSHOT"; shift 2 ;;
    -t | --template )
        SOURCEVM=$2;echo "Template Name=$SOURCEVM"; shift 2 ;;
    -- ) shift; break ;;
    * ) break ;;
  esac
done
echo

wait_for_vmware_tools() {
    CMD=$1
    USER=$2
    PASS=$3
    VM=$4
    echo "Waiting for VMware Tools to start"
    until ($CMD -T ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS CheckToolsState $VM | grep -q "running"); do 
        printf '.'
        sleep 5;
    done
    sleep 10
    echo
}

wait_for_vm_ip() {
    CMD=$1
    USER=$2
    PASS=$3
    VM=$4
    echo "Waiting for the VM to return an IP Address"
    until ($CMD -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS getGuestIPAddress $VM | grep -q -v "Error: Unable to get the IP address"); do
        printf "."
        sleep 5
    done
    sleep 10
    echo

    IP="$($CMD -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS getGuestIPAddress $VM)"
    echo "VM is running and has the IP Address: $IP"
    echo
}

clone_workstation_vm() {
    SOURCE=$1
    DESTINATION=$2
    SNAPSHOT=$3
    USER=$4
    PASS=$5

    SOURCEVMX="${SOURCE##*/}"
    SOURCEVMNAME="${SOURCEVMX%%.*}"
    NEWVM=/storage/virtual_machines/$DESTINATION/$DESTINATION.vmx

    echo "Cloning $SOURCEVMNAME to $DESTINATION and using the snapshot: $SNAPSHOT"
    $VMRUN -T ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS clone $SOURCE $NEWVM linked $SNAPSHOT

    sed -i "s/displayName = \"Clone of $SOURCEVMNAME\"/displayName = \"$DESTINATION\"/g" $NEWVM

    echo "Powering on $DESTINATION"
    $VMRUN -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS start $NEWVM

    wait_for_vmware_tools $VMRUN $USER $PASS $NEWVM

    echo "Copying script to change the hostname from the host to the guest"
    currentDir="${0%/*}"
    $VMRUN -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS copyFileFromHostToGuest $NEWVM $currentDir"/JH01_Set-Hostname.sh" /tmp/JH01_Set-Hostname.sh
    echo "Running custom script in $DESTINATION to set the hostname and rebooting"
    $VMRUN -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS runProgramInGuest $NEWVM /tmp/JH01_Set-Hostname.sh "$DESTINATION"

    wait_for_vmware_tools $VMRUN $USER $PASS $NEWVM

    echo "Copying output to local machine"
    $VMRUN -t ws -gu $USER -gp $PASS copyFileFromGuestToHost $NEWVM /var/log/oscustomization.log $currentDir"/"$DESTINATION"_Customization.log"
    echo
    echo "Below is the output from the OS Customization:"
    cat $currentDir"/"$DESTINATION"_Customization.log"

    wait_for_vm_ip $VMRUN $USER $PASS $NEWVM
}

start=`date +%s`

clone_workstation_vm $SOURCEVM $DESTINATIONVMNAME $SOURCESNAPSHOT $GUESTUSER $GUESTPASS

end=`date +%s`
runtime=$((end-start))

echo "Script took $runtime seconds to execute"