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+roles_path=./roles
+
+# Convert string to valid Ansible variable name
+convert_to_ansible_var() {
+    local input="$1"
+    
+    # Replace hyphens, and spaces with underscores
+    local result=$(echo "$input" | tr '-' '_' | tr ' ' '_')
+    
+    # Remove any characters that aren't alphanumeric or underscore
+    result=$(echo "$result" | tr -cd '[:alnum:]_')
+    
+    # Ensure it doesn't start with a number (prepend underscore if it does)
+    if [[ "$result" =~ ^[0-9] ]]; then
+        result="_${result}"
+    fi
+    
+    # Convert to lowercase (Ansible convention)
+    result=$(echo "$result" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    
+    echo "$result"
+}
+
+# Check if any arguments were provided
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No arguments provided."
+    echo "Usage: $0 role1 role2 ..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+pushd $roles_path
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    echo "Creating directory $arg"
+    mkdir $arg
+    cd $arg
+    echo "Creating subdirectories"
+    mkdir {defaults,templates,meta}
+    echo "Creating main.yml files"
+    touch {defaults,meta}/main.yml
+    touch templates/compose.yml.j2
+    app_name=$(convert_to_ansible_var "$arg")
+
+    # create files
+    cat > defaults/main.yml << EOF
+---
+app_name: $arg
+
+# Container configuration
+${app_name}_container_name: "{{ app_name | default('$arg') }}"
+${app_name}_container_version: latest
+${app_name}_restart_policy: "{{ app_restart_policy }}"
+
+# Network configuration
+# ${app_name}_http_port: 8080
+
+# Volume paths
+# ${app_name}_config_path: "{{ app_dir }}/config"
+# ${app_name}_data_path: "{{ app_dir }}/data"
+
+# App-specific configuration
+# Add custom variables here
+
+# Directory structure
+# app_subdirectories:
+#   - config
+#   - data
+
+# Backup configuration
+# app_backup_subdirectories:
+#   - config
+EOF
+    
+
+    cat > meta/main.yml << EOF
+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: <your_name>
+  description: Deploy $arg with Docker Compose
+  license: MIT
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: docker_compose_app
+    vars:
+      app_role_name: $arg
+
+EOF
+
+    cat > templates/compose.yml.j2 << EOF
+---
+services:
+  ${arg}:
+    image: "your-image:{{ ${app_name}_container_version }}"
+    container_name: "{{ ${app_name}_container_name }}"
+    restart: "{{ ${app_name}_restart_policy }}"
+    # ports:
+    #   - "{{ ${app_name}_http_port }}:8080"
+    # volumes:
+    #   - "{{ ${app_name}_config_path }}:/config"
+    #   - "{{ ${app_name}_data_path }}:/data"
+EOF
+
+    cd ..
+
+done
+popd
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