3 # This defines some general, useful functions.
5 # test whether we've been here before or not.
7 type function_sentinel &>/dev/null
9 # there was no error, so we can skip the inits.
10 if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then
11 echo "skipping function definitions, because already defined."
18 if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
20 if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then
21 echo "feisty meow function definitions beginning now..."
24 # a handy little method that can be used for date strings. it was getting
25 # really tiresome how many different ways the script did the date formatting.
26 function date_stringer() {
28 if [ -z "$sep" ]; then sep='_'; fi
29 date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
32 # makes a directory of the name specified and then tries to change the
33 # current directory to that directory.
35 if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then mkdir -p "$1"; fi
40 [[ "$(declare -p $1)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
48 # displays the value of a variable in bash friendly format.
53 local varname="$1"; shift
54 if [ -z "$varname" ]; then
58 if is_alias "$varname"; then
59 #echo found $varname is alias
60 local tmpfile="$(mktemp $TMP/aliasout.XXXXXX)"
61 alias $varname | sed -e 's/.*=//' >$tmpfile
62 echo "alias $varname=$(cat $tmpfile)"
64 elif [ -z "${!varname}" ]; then
65 echo "$varname undefined"
67 if is_array "$varname"; then
68 #echo found $varname is array var
70 eval temparray="(\${$varname[@]})"
71 echo "$varname=(${temparray[@]})"
72 #hmmm: would be nice to print above with elements enclosed in quotes, so that we can properly
73 # see ones that have spaces in them.
75 #echo found $varname is simple
76 echo "$varname=${!varname}"
83 # when passed a list of things, this will return the unique items from that list as an echo.
86 # change the eol character so things are easier.
87 echo "list before uniquify: $*" >~/uniquify.out
90 # do the uniquification.
91 local chewed="$(echo $* | sort | uniq)"
93 echo "list after uniquify: $chewed" >~/uniquify.out
94 # return the former eol characters to their place.
98 # sets the variable in parameter 1 to the value in parameter 2, but only if
99 # that variable was undefined.
100 function set_var_if_undefined()
102 local var_name="$1"; shift
103 local var_value="$1"; shift
104 if [ -z "${!var_name}" ]; then
105 eval export $var_name="$var_value"
109 function success_sound()
111 if [ ! -z "$CLAM_FINISH_SOUND" ]; then
112 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh "$CLAM_FINISH_SOUND"
116 function error_sound()
118 if [ ! -z "$CLAM_ERROR_SOUND" ]; then
119 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh "$CLAM_ERROR_SOUND"
123 # checks the result of the last command that was run, and if that failed,
124 # then this complains and exits from bash. the function parameters are
125 # used as the message to print as a complaint.
126 function check_result()
128 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
129 echo -e "failed on: $*"
135 # locates a process given a search pattern to match in the process list.
136 # supports a single command line flag style parameter of "-u USERNAME";
137 # if the -u flag is found, a username is expected afterwards, and only the
138 # processes of that user are considered.
140 local -a patterns=("${@}")
142 #echo patterns list is: "${patterns[@]}"
146 if [ "${patterns[0]}" == "-u" ]; then
147 user_flag="-u ${patterns[1]}"
148 #echo "found a -u parm and user=${patterns[1]}"
149 # void the two elements with that user flag so we don't use them as patterns.
150 unset patterns[0] patterns[1]=
156 local PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
159 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
160 # gets cygwin's (god awful) ps to show windoze processes also.
161 local EXTRA_DOZER_FLAGS="-W"
162 # pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
163 local pid_finder_pattern='s/ *\([0-9][0-9]*\) *.*$/\1/p'
166 # flags which clean up the process listing output on unixes.
167 # apparently cygwin doesn't count as a type of unix, because their
168 # crummy specialized ps command doesn't support normal ps flags.
169 local EXTRA_UNIX_FLAGS="-o pid,args"
170 # pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
171 local pid_finder_pattern='s/^[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
174 /bin/ps $EXTRA_DOZER_FLAGS $EXTRA_UNIX_FLAGS $user_flag | tail -n +2 >$PID_DUMP
176 #echo got all this stuff in the pid dump file:
180 # search for the pattern the user wants to find, and just pluck the process
181 # ids out of the results.
183 for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
184 PIDS_SOUGHT+=($(cat $PID_DUMP \
186 | sed -n -e "$pid_finder_pattern"))
189 #echo pids sought list became:
190 #echo "${PIDS_SOUGHT[@]}"
193 if [ ${#PIDS_SOUGHT[*]} -ne 0 ]; then
194 local PIDS_SOUGHT2=$(printf -- '%s\n' ${PIDS_SOUGHT[@]} | sort | uniq)
196 PIDS_SOUGHT=${PIDS_SOUGHT2[*]}
197 echo ${PIDS_SOUGHT[*]}
202 # finds all processes matching the pattern specified and shows their full
203 # process listing (whereas psfind just lists process ids).
206 echo "psa finds processes by pattern, but there was no pattern on the command line."
209 local -a patterns=("${@}")
210 p=$(psfind "${patterns[@]}")
216 if [ "${patterns[0]}" == "-u" ]; then
217 # void the two elements with that user flag so we don't use them as patterns.
218 unset patterns[0] patterns[1]=
222 echo "Processes matching ${patterns[@]}..."
224 if [ -n "$IS_DARWIN" ]; then
227 # only print the header the first time.
228 if [ -z "$fuzil_sentinel" ]; then
231 ps $i -w -u | sed -e '1d'
236 # cases besides mac os x's darwin.
237 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
238 # special case for windows.
241 ps -W -p $curr | tail -n +2
244 # normal OSes can handle a nice simple query.
250 # an unfortunately similarly named function to the above 'ps' as in process
251 # methods, but this 'ps' stands for postscript. this takes a postscript file
252 # and converts it into pcl3 printer language and then ships it to the printer.
253 # this mostly makes sense for an environment where one's default printer is
254 # pcl. if the input postscript causes ghostscript to bomb out, there has been
255 # some good success running ps2ps on the input file and using the cleaned
256 # postscript file for printing.
257 function ps2pcl2lpr() {
259 gs -sDEVICE=pcl3 -sOutputFile=- -sPAPERSIZE=letter "$i" | lpr -l
263 # function fix_alsa() {
264 # sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
269 #hmmm: ugly absolute path here.
271 restore_terminal_title
274 # switches from a /X/path form to an X:/ form. this also processes cygwin paths.
275 function unix_to_dos_path() {
276 # we usually remove dos slashes in favor of forward slashes.
278 if [[ ! "$OS" =~ ^[Ww][iI][nN] ]]; then
279 # fake this value for non-windows (non-cygwin) platforms.
282 # for cygwin, we must replace the /home/X path with an absolute one, since cygwin
283 # insists on the /home form instead of /c/cygwin/home being possible. this is
284 # super frustrating and nightmarish.
285 DOSSYHOME="$(cygpath -am "$HOME")"
288 if [ ! -z "$SERIOUS_SLASH_TREATMENT" ]; then
289 # unless this flag is set, in which case we force dos slashes.
290 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'
292 echo "$1" | sed -e "s?^$HOME?$DOSSYHOME?g" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive//' | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/'
296 # switches from an X:/ form to a /cygdrive/X/path form. this is only useful
297 # for the cygwin environment currently.
298 function dos_to_unix_path() {
299 # we always remove dos slashes in favor of forward slashes.
300 #old: echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z]\):\/\(.*\)/\/\1\/\2/'
301 echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z]\):\/\(.*\)/\/cygdrive\/\1\/\2/'
304 # returns a successful value (0) if this system is debian or ubuntu.
305 function debian_like() {
306 # decide if we think this is debian or ubuntu or a variant.
307 DEBIAN_LIKE=$(if [ ! -z "$(grep -i debian /etc/issue)" \
308 -o ! -z "$(grep -i ubuntu /etc/issue)" ]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
309 if [ $DEBIAN_LIKE -eq 1 ]; then
310 # success; this is debianish.
313 # this seems like some other OS.
318 # su function: makes su perform a login.
319 # for some OSes, this transfers the X authority information to the new login.
322 # debian currently requires the full version which imports X authority
323 # information for su.
325 # get the x authority info for our current user.
326 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
328 if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
329 # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
332 # under X, we update the new login's authority info with the previous
334 (unset XAUTHORITY; /bin/su -l $* -c "$X_auth_info ; export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; bash")
337 # non-debian supposedly doesn't need the extra overhead any more.
338 # or at least suse doesn't, which is the other one we've tested on.
343 # sudo function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
344 # label if they're doing an su with the sudo.
346 # local first_command="$1"
349 restore_terminal_title
350 # if [ "$first_command" == "su" ]; then
351 # # yep, they were doing an su, but they're back now.
352 # label_terminal_with_info
356 # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and svn leave behind when finding conflicts.
357 # this kind of assumes you've already checked them for any salient facts.
358 function clean_cvs_junk() {
360 find $i -follow -type f -iname ".#*" -exec perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl {} ";"
364 # overlay for nechung binary so that we can complain less grossly about it when it's missing.
366 local wheres_nechung=$(which nechung 2>/dev/null)
367 if [ -z "$wheres_nechung" ]; then
368 echo "The nechung oracle program cannot be found. You may want to consider"
369 echo "rebuilding the feisty meow applications with this command:"
370 echo "bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh"
376 # recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
377 function regenerate() {
378 # do the bootstrapping process again.
380 echo "regenerating feisty meow script environment."
381 bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh
383 # force a full reload by turning off sentinel variables and methods.
384 unset -v CORE_VARIABLES_LOADED FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK USER_CUSTOMIZATIONS_LOADED
385 unalias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED &>/dev/null
386 unset -f function_sentinel
387 # reload feisty meow environment in current shell.
388 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
389 # run nechung oracle to give user a new fortune.
391 restore_terminal_title
394 # copies a set of custom scripts into the proper location for feisty meow
395 # to merge their functions and aliases with the standard set.
396 function recustomize()
398 local custom_user="$1"; shift
399 if [ -z "$custom_user" ]; then
400 # use our default example user if there was no name provided.
406 if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" ]; then
407 echo "The customization folder provided for $custom_user should be:"
408 echo " '$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user'"
409 echo "but that folder does not exist. Skipping customization."
412 regenerate >/dev/null
413 pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
414 incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
416 #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
417 # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
418 if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
419 echo "cleaning unknown older overrides..."
420 perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl" $incongruous_files
424 echo "copying custom overrides for $custom_user"
425 mkdir -p "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" 2>/dev/null
426 perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
427 if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" ]; then
428 echo "copying custom scripts for $custom_user"
429 \cp -R "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/"
434 restore_terminal_title
437 # generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
438 # in the password (default 20) and the second parameter specifies whether to use
439 # special characters (1) or not (0).
440 # found function at http://legroom.net/2010/05/06/bash-random-password-generator
441 function random_password()
443 [ "$2" == "0" ] && CHAR="[:alnum:]" || CHAR="[:graph:]"
444 cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd "$CHAR" | head -c ${1:-32}
448 # a wrapper for the which command that finds items on the path. some OSes
449 # do not provide which, so we want to not be spewing errors when that
454 which which &>/dev/null
455 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
456 # there is no which command here. we produce nothing due to this.
459 echo $(which $to_find)
462 #hmmm: improve this by not adding the link
463 # if already there, or if the drive is not valid.
464 function add_cygwin_drive_mounts() {
465 for i in c d e f g h q z ; do
466 ln -s /cygdrive/$i $i
470 ############################
472 # takes a file to modify, and then it will replace any occurrences of the
473 # pattern provided as the second parameter with the text in the third
475 function replace_pattern_in_file()
477 local file="$1"; shift
478 local pattern="$1"; shift
479 local replacement="$1"; shift
480 if [ -z "$file" -o -z "$pattern" -o -z "$replacement" ]; then
481 echo "replace_pattern_in_file: needs a filename, a pattern to replace, and the"
482 echo "text to replace that pattern with."
485 sed -i -e "s%$pattern%$replacement%g" "$file"
488 # similar to replace_pattern_in_file, but also will add the new value
489 # when the old one did not already exist in the file.
490 function replace_if_exists_or_add()
492 local file="$1"; shift
493 local phrase="$1"; shift
494 local replacement="$1"; shift
495 if [ -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" -o -z "$phrase" -o -z "$replacement" ]; then
496 echo "replace_if_exists_or_add: needs a filename, a phrase to replace, and the"
497 echo "text to replace that phrase with."
500 grep "$phrase" "$file" >/dev/null
501 # replace if the phrase is there, otherwise add it.
502 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
503 replace_pattern_in_file "$file" "$phrase" "$replacement"
505 # this had better be the complete line.
506 echo "$replacement" >>"$file"
510 ############################
512 # finds a variable (first parameter) in a particular property file
513 # (second parameter). the expected format for the file is:
515 function seek_variable()
517 local find_var="$1"; shift
518 local file="$1"; shift
519 if [ -z "$find_var" -o -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" ]; then
520 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
525 if [ ${#line} -eq 0 ]; then continue; fi
526 # split the line into the variable name and value.
527 IFS='=' read -a assignment <<< "$line"
528 local var="${assignment[0]}"
529 local value="${assignment[1]}"
530 if [ "${value:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
531 # assume the entry was in quotes and remove them.
532 value="${value:1:$((${#value} - 2))}"
534 if [ "$find_var" == "$var" ]; then
540 # finds a variable (first parameter) in a particular XML format file
541 # (second parameter). the expected format for the file is:
542 # ... name="varX" value="valueX" ...
543 function seek_variable_in_xml()
545 local find_var="$1"; shift
546 local file="$1"; shift
547 if [ -z "$find_var" -o -z "$file" -o ! -f "$file" ]; then
548 echo "seek_variable_in_xml: needs two parameters, firstly a variable name, and"
549 echo "secondly an XML file where the variable's value will be sought."
554 if [ ${#line} -eq 0 ]; then continue; fi
555 # process the line to make it more conventional looking.
556 line="$(echo "$line" | sed -e 's/.*name="\([^"]*\)" value="\([^"]*\)"/\1=\2/')"
557 # split the line into the variable name and value.
558 IFS='=' read -a assignment <<< "$line"
559 local var="${assignment[0]}"
560 local value="${assignment[1]}"
561 if [ "${value:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
562 # assume the entry was in quotes and remove them.
563 value="${value:1:$((${#value} - 2))}"
565 if [ "$find_var" == "$var" ]; then
571 ############################
573 # goes to a particular directory passed as parameter 1, and then removes all
574 # the parameters after that from that directory.
575 function push_whack_pop()
577 local dir="$1"; shift
578 pushd "$dir" &>/dev/null
579 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo failed to enter dir--quitting.; fi
580 rm -rf $* &>/dev/null
581 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo received a failure code when removing.; fi
587 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
589 if [ ! -f "$arg" -a ! -d "$arg" ]; then
590 echo "failure to find a file or directory named '$arg'."
594 # first we will capture the output of the character replacement operation for reporting.
595 # this is done first since some filenames can't be properly renamed in perl (e.g. if they
596 # have pipe characters apparently).
597 intermediate_name="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/replace_spaces_with_underscores.sh" "$arg")"
598 local saw_intermediate_result=0
599 if [ -z "$intermediate_name" ]; then
600 # make sure we report something, if there are no further name changes.
601 intermediate_name="'$arg'"
603 # now zap the first part of the name off (since original name isn't needed).
604 intermediate_name="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
605 saw_intermediate_result=1
608 # first we rename the file to be lower case.
609 actual_file="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e "s/'\([^']*\)'/\1/")"
610 final_name="$(perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/renlower.pl "$actual_file")"
611 local saw_final_result=0
612 if [ -z "$final_name" ]; then
613 final_name="$intermediate_name"
615 final_name="$(echo $final_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
618 #echo intermed=$saw_intermediate_result
619 #echo final=$saw_final_result
621 if [[ $saw_intermediate_result != 0 || $saw_final_result != 0 ]]; then
622 # printout the combined operation results.
623 echo "'$arg' => $final_name"
630 # new breed of definer functions goes here. still in progress.
632 # defines an alias and remembers that this is a new or modified definition.
633 # if the feisty meow codebase is unloaded, then so are all the aliases that
635 function define_yeti_alias()
637 # if alias exists already, save old value for restore,
638 # otherwise save null value for restore,
639 # have to handle unaliasing if there was no prior value of one
641 # add alias name to a list of feisty defined aliases.
643 #hmmm: first implem, just do the alias and get that working...
650 # defines a variable within the feisty meow environment and remembers that
651 # this is a new or modified definition. if the feisty meow codebase is
652 # unloaded, then so are all the variables that were defined.
653 # this function always exports the variables it defines.
654 # function define_yeti_variable()
656 ## if variable exists already, save old value for restore,
657 ## otherwise save null value for restore,
658 ## have to handle unsetting if there was no prior value of one
660 ## add variable name to a list of feisty defined variables.
662 ##hmmm: first implem just sets it up and exports the variable.
663 ## i.e., this method always exports.
672 #hmmm: this points to an extended functions file being needed; not all of these are core.
674 # displays documentation in "md" formatted files.
677 local file="$1"; shift
678 pandoc "$file" | lynx -stdin
683 # just shows a separator line for an 80 column console, or uses the first
684 # parameter as the number of columns to expect.
688 if [ -z "$count" ]; then
693 for ((i=0; i < $count - 1; i++)); do
699 # alias for separator.
707 function function_sentinel()
712 if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo "feisty meow function definitions done."; fi
716 # test code for set_var_if_undefined.
718 if [ $run_test != 0 ]; then
719 echo running tests on set_var_if_undefined.
721 set_var_if_undefined flagrant forknordle
722 check_result "testing if defined variable would be whacked"
723 if [ $flagrant != petunia ]; then
724 echo set_var_if_undefined failed to leave the test variable alone
727 unset bobblehead_stomper
728 set_var_if_undefined bobblehead_stomper endurance
729 if [ $bobblehead_stomper != endurance ]; then
730 echo set_var_if_undefined failed to set a variable that was not defined yet