3 # a frivolous but useful script that shows information about the local
4 # computer in terms of an adventure game inventory listing.
6 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/functions.sh"
8 unset -v codename osname osver
9 if [ $OPERATING_SYSTEM == "UNIX" ]; then
10 which lsb_release &>/dev/null
12 codename="$(lsb_release -cs 2>/dev/null)"
13 osname="$(lsb_release -is 2>/dev/null)"
14 osver="$(lsb_release -rs 2>/dev/null)"
17 if [ -z "$codename" ]; then
23 # test if this uptime knows the -p flag.
28 up="$(uptime | awk '{print $2 " " $3 " " $4 " plus " $1 " hours" }')"
31 # decide whether they've got splitter available or not.
32 if [ -f "$BINDIR/splitter" -o -f "$BINDIR/splitter.exe" ]; then
33 splitter="$BINDIR/splitter"
35 # not available, so just emit as huge overly long string.
39 echo "it is $(date +"%A at %H:%M hours on day %e of the %B moon in the gregorian year %Y" | tr A-Z a-z) and our intrepid adventurer $USER is exploring a computer named $(hostname) that is running in a thoughtspace called $osname $osver (code-name $codename), and $USER has deduced that the machine's OS platform is $(uname -m) and its current incarnation has been ${up}." | $splitter
40 #hmmm: splitter not accepting these args properly right now:
41 #--mincol 2 --maxcol 40
43 #echo '++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++'
45 echo "the following things appear to be lying around here..."
49 #echo '++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++'
51 echo "there appear to be these entities on this host..."