3 # This defines some general, useful functions.
5 #hmmm: starting to get a bit beefy in here. perhaps there is a good way to refactor the functions into more specific folders, if they aren't really totally general purpose?
9 # test whether we've been here before or not.
11 type function_sentinel &>/dev/null
13 # there was no error, so we can skip the inits.
14 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
15 echo "skipping function definitions, because already defined."
22 if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
24 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
25 echo "feisty meow function definitions beginning now..."
28 # a handy little method that can be used for date strings. it was getting
29 # really tiresome how many different ways the script did the date formatting.
30 function date_stringer() {
32 if [ -z "$sep" ]; then sep='_'; fi
33 date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
36 # makes a directory of the name specified and then tries to change the
37 # current directory to that directory.
39 if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then mkdir -p "$1"; fi
43 # returns true if the variable is an array.
45 [[ "$(declare -p $1)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
48 # returns true if the name provided is a defined alias.
54 # makes the status of pipe number N (passed as first parameter) into the
55 # main return value (i.e., the value for $?). this is super handy to avoid
56 # repeating the awkward looking code below in multiple places.
57 function promote_pipe_return()
59 ( exit ${PIPESTATUS[$1]} )
64 # displays the value of a variable in bash friendly format.
69 local varname="$1"; shift
70 if [ -z "$varname" ]; then
74 if is_alias "$varname"; then
75 #echo found $varname is alias
76 local tmpfile="$(mktemp $TMP/aliasout.XXXXXX)"
77 alias $varname | sed -e 's/.*=//' >$tmpfile
78 echo "alias $varname=$(cat $tmpfile)"
80 elif [ -z "${!varname}" ]; then
81 echo "$varname undefined"
83 if is_array "$varname"; then
84 #echo found $varname is array var
86 eval temparray="(\${$varname[@]})"
87 echo "$varname=(${temparray[@]})"
88 #hmmm: would be nice to print above with elements enclosed in quotes, so that we can properly
89 # see ones that have spaces in them.
91 #echo found $varname is simple
92 echo "$varname=${!varname}"
101 # when passed a list of things, this will return the unique items from that list as an echo.
104 # do the uniquification: split the space separated items into separate lines, then
105 # sort the list, then run the uniq tool on the list. results will be packed back onto
106 # one line when invoked like: local fredlist="$(uniquify a b c e d a e f a e d b)"
107 echo $* | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
110 # sets the variable in parameter 1 to the value in parameter 2, but only if
111 # that variable was undefined.
112 function set_var_if_undefined()
114 local var_name="$1"; shift
115 local var_value="$1"; shift
116 if [ -z "${!var_name}" ]; then
117 eval export $var_name="$var_value"
123 function success_sound()
125 if [ ! -z "$CLAM_FINISH_SOUND" ]; then
126 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh "$CLAM_FINISH_SOUND"
130 function error_sound()
132 if [ ! -z "$CLAM_ERROR_SOUND" ]; then
133 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh "$CLAM_ERROR_SOUND"
139 # echoes the maximum number of columns that the terminal supports. usually
140 # anything you print to the terminal with length less than (but not equal to)
141 # maxcols will never wrap.
142 function get_maxcols()
144 # calculate the number of columsn in the terminal.
145 local cols=$(stty size | awk '{print $2}')
151 # checks the result of the last command that was run, and if that failed,
152 # then this complains and exits from bash. the function parameters are
153 # used as the message to print as a complaint.
154 function exit_on_error()
156 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
157 echo -e "\n\nan important action failed and this script will stop:\n\n$*\n\n*** Exiting script..."
163 # like exit_on_error, but will keep going after complaining.
164 function continue_on_error()
166 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
167 echo -e "\n\na problem occurred, but we can continue:\n\n$*\n\n=> Continuing script..."
174 # accepts any number of arguments and outputs them to the feisty meow event log.
175 function log_feisty_meow_event()
177 echo -e "$(date_stringer) -- ${USER}@$(hostname): $*" >> "$FEISTY_MEOW_EVENT_LOG"
182 # wraps secure shell with some parameters we like, most importantly to enable X forwarding.
186 # we remember the old terminal title, then force the TERM variable to a more generic
187 # version for the other side (just 'linux'); we don't want the remote side still
188 # thinking it's running xterm.
190 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
191 echo TERM saved is: $PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE
193 #hmmm: why were we doing this? it scorches the user's logged in session, leaving it without proper terminal handling.
194 # # we save the value of TERM; we don't want to leave the user's terminal
195 # # brain dead once we come back from this function.
196 # local oldterm="$TERM"
198 /usr/bin/ssh -X -C "${args[@]}"
199 # # restore the terminal variable also.
201 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
202 echo TERM before restore, will use prior title of: $PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE
204 restore_terminal_title
205 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
206 echo TERM title restored to prior value
212 # locates a process given a search pattern to match in the process list.
213 # supports a single command line flag style parameter of "-u USERNAME";
214 # if the -u flag is found, a username is expected afterwards, and only the
215 # processes of that user are considered.
217 local -a patterns=("${@}")
219 #echo patterns list is: "${patterns[@]}"
223 if [ "${patterns[0]}" == "-u" ]; then
224 user_flag="-u ${patterns[1]}"
225 #echo "found a -u parm and user=${patterns[1]}"
226 # void the two elements with that user flag so we don't use them as patterns.
227 unset patterns[0] patterns[1]=
233 local PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
236 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
237 # gets cygwin's (god awful) ps to show windoze processes also.
238 local EXTRA_DOZER_FLAGS="-W"
239 # pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
240 local pid_finder_pattern='s/ *\([0-9][0-9]*\) *.*$/\1/p'
243 # flags which clean up the process listing output on unixes.
244 # apparently cygwin doesn't count as a type of unix, because their
245 # crummy specialized ps command doesn't support normal ps flags.
246 local EXTRA_UNIX_FLAGS="-o pid,args"
247 # pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
248 local pid_finder_pattern='s/^[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
251 /bin/ps $EXTRA_DOZER_FLAGS $EXTRA_UNIX_FLAGS $user_flag | tail -n +2 >$PID_DUMP
253 #echo got all this stuff in the pid dump file:
257 # search for the pattern the user wants to find, and just pluck the process
258 # ids out of the results.
260 for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
261 PIDS_SOUGHT+=($(cat $PID_DUMP \
263 | sed -n -e "$pid_finder_pattern"))
266 #echo pids sought list became:
267 #echo "${PIDS_SOUGHT[@]}"
270 if [ ${#PIDS_SOUGHT[*]} -ne 0 ]; then
271 local PIDS_SOUGHT2=$(printf -- '%s\n' ${PIDS_SOUGHT[@]} | sort | uniq)
273 PIDS_SOUGHT=${PIDS_SOUGHT2[*]}
274 echo ${PIDS_SOUGHT[*]}
279 # finds all processes matching the pattern specified and shows their full
280 # process listing (whereas psfind just lists process ids).
283 echo "psa finds processes by pattern, but there was no pattern on the command line."
286 local -a patterns=("${@}")
287 p=$(psfind "${patterns[@]}")
293 if [ "${patterns[0]}" == "-u" ]; then
294 # void the two elements with that user flag so we don't use them as patterns.
295 unset patterns[0] patterns[1]=
299 echo "Processes matching ${patterns[@]}..."
301 if [ -n "$IS_DARWIN" ]; then
304 # only print the header the first time.
305 if [ -z "$fuzil_sentinel" ]; then
308 ps $i -w -u | sed -e '1d'
313 # cases besides mac os x's darwin.
314 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
315 # special case for windows.
318 ps -W -p $curr | tail -n +2
321 # normal OSes can handle a nice simple query.
329 #hmmm: holy crowbars, this is an old one. do we ever still have any need of it?
330 # an unfortunately similarly named function to the above 'ps' as in process
331 # methods, but this 'ps' stands for postscript. this takes a postscript file
332 # and converts it into pcl3 printer language and then ships it to the printer.
333 # this mostly makes sense for an environment where one's default printer is
334 # pcl. if the input postscript causes ghostscript to bomb out, there has been
335 # some good success running ps2ps on the input file and using the cleaned
336 # postscript file for printing.
337 function ps2pcl2lpr() {
339 gs -sDEVICE=pcl3 -sOutputFile=- -sPAPERSIZE=letter "$i" | lpr -l
343 #hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
344 # restarts the sound driver.
345 function fix_sound_driver() {
346 # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
349 # sudo service alsasound restart
350 #elif pulse something
361 #hmmm: ugly absolute path here.
363 restore_terminal_title
366 # switches from a /X/path form to an X:/ form. this also processes cygwin paths.
367 function unix_to_dos_path() {
368 # we usually remove dos slashes in favor of forward slashes.
370 if [[ ! "$OS" =~ ^[Ww][iI][nN] ]]; then
371 # fake this value for non-windows (non-cygwin) platforms.
374 # for cygwin, we must replace the /home/X path with an absolute one, since cygwin
375 # insists on the /home form instead of /c/cygwin/home being possible. this is
376 # super frustrating and nightmarish.
377 DOSSYHOME="$(cygpath -am "$HOME")"
380 if [ ! -z "$SERIOUS_SLASH_TREATMENT" ]; then
381 # unless this flag is set, in which case we force dos slashes.
382 echo "$1" | sed -e "s?^$HOME?$DOSSYHOME?g" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive//' | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/' | sed -e 's/\//\\/g'
384 echo "$1" | sed -e "s?^$HOME?$DOSSYHOME?g" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive//' | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/'
388 # switches from an X:/ form to a /cygdrive/X/path form. this is only useful
389 # for the cygwin environment currently.
390 function dos_to_unix_path() {
391 # we always remove dos slashes in favor of forward slashes.
392 #old: echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z]\):\/\(.*\)/\/\1\/\2/'
393 echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z]\):\/\(.*\)/\/cygdrive\/\1\/\2/'
396 # returns a successful value (0) if this system is debian or ubuntu.
397 function debian_like() {
398 # decide if we think this is debian or ubuntu or a variant.
399 DEBIAN_LIKE=$(if [ ! -z "$(grep -i debian /etc/issue)" \
400 -o ! -z "$(grep -i ubuntu /etc/issue)" ]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
401 if [ $DEBIAN_LIKE -eq 1 ]; then
402 # success; this is debianish.
405 # this seems like some other OS.
410 # su function: makes su perform a login.
411 # for some OSes, this transfers the X authority information to the new login.
414 # debian currently requires the full version which imports X authority
415 # information for su.
417 # get the x authority info for our current user.
418 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
420 if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
421 # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
424 # under X, we update the new login's authority info with the previous
426 (unset XAUTHORITY; /bin/su -l $* -c "$X_auth_info ; export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; bash")
429 # non-debian supposedly doesn't need the extra overhead any more.
430 # or at least suse doesn't, which is the other one we've tested on.
435 # sudo function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
436 # label if they're doing an su with the sudo.
441 restore_terminal_title
442 # if [ "$first_command" == "su" ]; then
443 # # yep, they were doing an su, but they're back now.
444 # label_terminal_with_info
449 # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and subversion leave behind when finding conflicts.
450 # this kind of assumes you've already checked them for any salient facts.
451 function clean_cvs_junk() {
453 find $i -follow -type f -iname ".#*" -exec perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl {} ";"
457 # overlay for nechung binary so that we can complain less grossly about it when it's missing.
459 local wheres_nechung=$(which nechung 2>/dev/null)
460 if [ -z "$wheres_nechung" ]; then
461 echo "The nechung oracle program cannot be found. You may want to consider"
462 echo "rebuilding the feisty meow applications with this command:"
463 echo "bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh"
470 # recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
471 function regenerate() {
472 # do the bootstrapping process again.
474 echo "regenerating feisty meow script environment."
475 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh
477 # force a full reload by turning off sentinel variables and methods.
478 unset -v CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK USER_CUSTOMIZATIONS_LOADED
479 unalias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED &>/dev/null
480 unset -f function_sentinel
481 # reload feisty meow environment in current shell.
482 log_feisty_meow_event "reloading the feisty meow scripts for $USER in current shell."
483 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
484 # run nechung oracle to give user a new fortune.
486 restore_terminal_title
489 # copies a set of custom scripts into the proper location for feisty meow
490 # to merge their functions and aliases with the standard set.
491 function recustomize()
493 local custom_user="$1"; shift
494 if [ -z "$custom_user" ]; then
495 # default to login name if there was no name provided.
496 custom_user="$(logname)"
497 # we do intend to use logname here to get the login name and to ignore
498 # if the user has sudo root access; we don't want to provide a custom
504 if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" ]; then
505 echo -e "the customization folder for '$custom_user' is missing:
507 $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user
509 we will skip recustomization, but these other customizations are available:
511 # a little tr and sed magic to fix the carriage returns into commas.
512 local line="$(find $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} ';' | tr '\n' '&' | sed 's/&/, /g' | sed -e 's/, $//')"
513 # make the line feeds and carriage returns manageable with tr.
514 # convert the ampersand, our weird replacement for EOL, with a comma + space in sed.
515 # last touch with sed removes the last comma.
520 # prevent permission foul-ups.
522 # here we definitely want the effective user name (in USER), since
523 # we don't want, say, fred (as logname) to own all of root's loading
525 chown -R "$my_user:$my_user" \
526 "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
527 continue_on_error "chowning feisty meow generated directories to $my_user"
529 regenerate >/dev/null
530 pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
531 incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
533 local fail_message="\n
534 are the perl dependencies installed? if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
535 $(grep "apt.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
536 or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
537 $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
539 #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
540 # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
541 if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
542 log_feisty_meow_event "cleaning unknown older overrides..."
543 perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl" $incongruous_files
544 continue_on_error "running safedel. $fail_message"
547 log_feisty_meow_event "copying custom overrides for $custom_user"
548 mkdir -p "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" 2>/dev/null
549 perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
550 continue_on_error "running cpdiff. $fail_message"
552 if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" ]; then
553 log_feisty_meow_event "copying custom scripts for $custom_user"
554 #hmmm: could save output to show if an error occurs.
555 rsync -avz "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/" &>/dev/null
556 continue_on_error "copying customization scripts"
560 # prevent permission foul-ups, again.
561 chown -R "$my_user:$my_user" \
562 "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" 2>/dev/null
563 continue_on_error "once more chowning feisty meow generated directories to $my_user"
565 restore_terminal_title
568 # generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
569 # in the password (default 20) and the second parameter specifies whether to use
570 # special characters (1) or not (0).
571 # found function at http://legroom.net/2010/05/06/bash-random-password-generator
572 function random_password()
574 [ "$2" == "0" ] && CHAR="[:alnum:]" || CHAR="[:graph:]"
575 cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd "$CHAR" | head -c ${1:-32}
579 # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path. some OSes
580 # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
585 which which &>/dev/null
586 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
587 # there is no which command here. we produce nothing due to this.
590 echo $(which $to_find)
593 function add_cygwin_drive_mounts() {
594 for i in c d e f g h q z ; do
595 #hmmm: improve this by not adding the link if already there, or if the drive is not valid.
596 ln -s /cygdrive/$i $i
600 ############################
602 # takes a file to modify, and then it will replace any occurrences of the
603 # pattern provided as the second parameter with the text in the third
605 function replace_pattern_in_file()
607 local file="$1"; shift
608 local pattern="$1"; shift
609 local replacement="$1"; shift
610 if [ -z "$file" -o -z "$pattern" -o -z "$replacement" ]; then
611 echo "replace_pattern_in_file: needs a filename, a pattern to replace, and the"
612 echo "text to replace that pattern with."
615 sed -i -e "s%$pattern%$replacement%g" "$file"
618 # similar to replace_pattern_in_file, but also will add the new value
619 # when the old one did not already exist in the file.
620 function replace_if_exists_or_add()
622 local file="$1"; shift
623 local phrase="$1"; shift
624 local replacement="$1"; shift
625 if [ -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" -o -z "$phrase" -o -z "$replacement" ]; then
626 echo "replace_if_exists_or_add: needs a filename, a phrase to replace, and the"
627 echo "text to replace that phrase with."
630 grep "$phrase" "$file" >/dev/null
631 # replace if the phrase is there, otherwise add it.
632 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
633 replace_pattern_in_file "$file" "$phrase" "$replacement"
635 # this had better be the complete line.
636 echo "$replacement" >>"$file"
640 ############################
642 # finds a variable (first parameter) in a particular property file
643 # (second parameter). the expected format for the file is:
645 function seek_variable()
647 local find_var="$1"; shift
648 local file="$1"; shift
649 if [ -z "$find_var" -o -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" ]; then
650 echo -e "seek_variable: needs two parameters, firstly a variable name, and\nsecondly a file where the variable's value will be sought." 1>&2
655 if [ ${#line} -eq 0 ]; then continue; fi
656 # split the line into the variable name and value.
657 IFS='=' read -a assignment <<< "$line"
658 local var="${assignment[0]}"
659 local value="${assignment[1]}"
660 if [ "${value:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
661 # assume the entry was in quotes and remove them.
662 value="${value:1:$((${#value} - 2))}"
664 if [ "$find_var" == "$var" ]; then
670 # finds a variable (first parameter) in a particular XML format file
671 # (second parameter). the expected format for the file is:
672 # ... name="varX" value="valueX" ...
673 function seek_variable_in_xml()
675 local find_var="$1"; shift
676 local file="$1"; shift
677 if [ -z "$find_var" -o -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" ]; then
678 echo "seek_variable_in_xml: needs two parameters, firstly a variable name, and"
679 echo "secondly an XML file where the variable's value will be sought."
684 if [ ${#line} -eq 0 ]; then continue; fi
685 # process the line to make it more conventional looking.
686 line="$(echo "$line" | sed -e 's/.*name="\([^"]*\)" value="\([^"]*\)"/\1=\2/')"
687 # split the line into the variable name and value.
688 IFS='=' read -a assignment <<< "$line"
689 local var="${assignment[0]}"
690 local value="${assignment[1]}"
691 if [ "${value:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
692 # assume the entry was in quotes and remove them.
693 value="${value:1:$((${#value} - 2))}"
695 if [ "$find_var" == "$var" ]; then
701 ############################
703 # goes to a particular directory passed as parameter 1, and then removes all
704 # the parameters after that from that directory.
705 function push_whack_pop()
707 local dir="$1"; shift
708 pushd "$dir" &>/dev/null
709 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo failed to enter dir--quitting.; fi
710 rm -rf $* &>/dev/null
711 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo received a failure code when removing.; fi
717 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
719 if [ ! -f "$arg" -a ! -d "$arg" ]; then
720 echo "=> did not find a file or directory named '$arg'."
724 # first we will capture the output of the character replacement operation for reporting.
725 # this is done first since some filenames can't be properly renamed in perl (e.g. if they
726 # have pipe characters apparently).
727 intermediate_name="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/replace_spaces_with_underscores.sh" "$arg")"
728 local saw_intermediate_result=0
729 if [ -z "$intermediate_name" ]; then
730 # make sure we report something, if there are no further name changes.
731 intermediate_name="'$arg'"
733 # now zap the first part of the name off (since original name isn't needed).
734 intermediate_name="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
735 saw_intermediate_result=1
738 # first we rename the file to be lower case.
739 actual_file="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e "s/'\([^']*\)'/\1/")"
740 final_name="$(perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/renlower.pl "$actual_file")"
741 local saw_final_result=0
742 if [ -z "$final_name" ]; then
743 final_name="$intermediate_name"
745 final_name="$(echo $final_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
748 #echo intermed=$saw_intermediate_result
749 #echo final=$saw_final_result
751 if [[ $saw_intermediate_result != 0 || $saw_final_result != 0 ]]; then
752 # printout the combined operation results.
753 echo "'$arg' => $final_name"
760 # new breed of definer functions goes here. still in progress.
762 # defines an alias and remembers that this is a new or modified definition.
763 # if the feisty meow codebase is unloaded, then so are all the aliases that
765 function define_yeti_alias()
767 # if alias exists already, save old value for restore,
768 # otherwise save null value for restore,
769 # have to handle unaliasing if there was no prior value of one
771 # add alias name to a list of feisty defined aliases.
773 #hmmm: first implem, just do the alias and get that working...
782 #hmmm: this points to an extended functions file being needed; not all of these are core.
784 # displays documentation in "md" formatted files.
787 local file="$1"; shift
788 pandoc "$file" | lynx -stdin
793 # just shows a separator line for an 80 column console, or uses the first
794 # parameter as the number of columns to expect.
798 if [ -z "$count" ]; then
803 for ((i=0; i < $count - 1; i++)); do
809 # alias for separator.
817 # count the number of sub-directories in a directory and echo the result.
818 function count_directories()
820 local subbydir="$1"; shift
821 numdirs="$(find "$subbydir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l)"
825 # takes a string and capitalizes just the first character. any capital letters in the remainder of
826 # the string are made lower case. the processed string is returned by an echo.
827 function capitalize_first_char()
829 local to_dromedary="$1"; shift
830 to_dromedary="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< ${to_dromedary:0:1})$(tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< ${to_dromedary:1})"
834 # given a source path and a target path, this will make a symbolic link from
835 # the source to the destination, but only if the source actually exists.
836 function make_safe_link()
838 local src="$1"; shift
839 local target="$1"; shift
841 if [ -d "$src" ]; then
842 ln -s "$src" "$target"
843 exit_on_error "Creating symlink from '$src' to '$target'"
845 echo "Created symlink from '$src' to '$target'."
848 # pretty prints the json files provided as parameters.
849 function clean_json()
851 if [ -z "$*" ]; then return; fi
854 local file="$1"; shift
855 if [ -z "$file" ]; then break; fi
856 if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then "echo File '$file' does not exist."; continue; fi
857 temp_out="$TMP/$file.view"
858 cat "$file" | python -m json.tool > "$temp_out"
859 show_list+=($temp_out)
860 continue_on_error "pretty printing '$file'"
862 filedump "${show_list[@]}"
868 # only print our special headers or text fields.
872 grep -i "\"text\":\|^=.*" |
873 sed -e "s/\\\\r/$CR/g" -e "s/\\\\n/\\$LF/g"
878 # echoes the machine's hostname. can be used like so:
879 # local my_host=$(get_hostname)
880 function get_hostname()
882 # there used to be more variation in how to do this, but adopting mingw
883 # and cygwin tools really helped out.
884 local this_host=unknown
885 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
886 this_host=$(hostname)
887 elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep apple)" ]; then
888 this_host=$(hostname)
889 elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep suse)" ]; then
890 this_host=$(hostname --long)
891 elif [ -x "$(which hostname 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
892 this_host=$(hostname)
897 # makes sure that the provided "folder" is a directory and is writable.
898 function test_writeable()
900 local folder="$1"; shift
901 if [ ! -d "$folder" -o ! -w "$folder" ]; then return 1; fi
907 # given a filename and a string to seek and a number of lines, then this
908 # function will remove the first occurrence of a line in the file that
909 # matches the string, and it will also axe the next N lines as specified.
910 function create_chomped_copy_of_file()
912 local filename="$1"; shift
913 local seeker="$1"; shift
914 local numlines=$1; shift
916 #echo into create_chomped_copy...
917 #var filename seeker numlines
919 # make a backup first, oy.
920 \cp -f "$filename" "/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
921 exit_on_error "backing up file: $filename"
923 # make a temp file to write to before we move file into place in bind.
924 local new_version="/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
925 \rm -f "$new_version"
926 exit_on_error "cleaning out new version of file from: $new_version"
932 # don't bother looking at the lines if we're already in skip mode.
933 if [[ $skip_count == 0 ]]; then
934 # find the string they're seeking.
935 if [[ ! "$line" =~ .*${seeker}.* ]]; then
937 echo "$line" >> "$new_version"
939 # a match! start skipping. we will delete this line and the next N lines.
941 #echo first skip count is now $skip_count
945 # we're already skipping. let's keep going until we hit the limit.
947 #echo ongoing skip count is now $skip_count
948 if (( $skip_count > $numlines )); then
949 echo "Done skipping, and back to writing output file."
955 #echo file we created looks like this:
958 if [ ! -z "$found_any" ]; then
959 # put the file back into place under the original name.
960 \mv "$new_version" "$filename"
961 exit_on_error "moving the new version into place in: $filename"
963 # cannot always be considered an error, but we can at least gripe.
964 echo "Did not find any matches for seeker '$seeker' in file: $filename"
970 # site avenger aliases
973 THISDIR="$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/site_avenger"
974 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/site_avenger/shared_site_mgr.sh"
980 # NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
982 function function_sentinel()
987 if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo "feisty meow function definitions done."; fi
991 # test code for set_var_if_undefined.
993 if [ $run_test != 0 ]; then
994 echo running tests on set_var_if_undefined.
996 set_var_if_undefined flagrant forknordle
997 exit_on_error "testing if defined variable would be whacked"
998 if [ $flagrant != petunia ]; then
999 echo set_var_if_undefined failed to leave the test variable alone
1002 unset bobblehead_stomper
1003 set_var_if_undefined bobblehead_stomper endurance
1004 if [ $bobblehead_stomper != endurance ]; then
1005 echo set_var_if_undefined failed to set a variable that was not defined yet