added some nice shell options to startup script. added in new script to parse

csv lines; needs a test.

diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index a75c5f57a199c5ebc692f94ad01a3d7426797311..38c304c0eff468655ded620a980695feea872b6c 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/functions.sh"
 shopt -s checkhash
 # don't check path for sourced files.
 shopt -u sourcepath
+# ignore duplicate lines and spaces for history.
+HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
+# append to the history file.
+shopt -s histappend
+# automatically update window size if needed.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
 
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diff --git a/scripts/text/parse_csv_line.h b/scripts/text/parse_csv_line.h
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..53b36d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/text/parse_csv_line.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+############################################################################
+# This function parses a line from a CSV file (you pass the line as the 
+# argument) into elements in an array.  The CSV elements must be enclosed
+# in double-quotes and then separated by a comma.
+#
+# Commas are replaced by tildes as the separator character in an attempt to
+# allow elements to contain commas.  If elements also contain tildes, a new
+# separation character can be substituted by setting the variable
+# UNIQUE_SEPARATOR to the value of that new separator character.
+#
+# Right now double-quote characters are also removed from the final output,
+# so if one of you elements contains double-quotes this function will remove
+# those double-quotes from within your element.
+#
+# Author: Chris Koeritz
+############################################################################
+
+declare -a csv_split=()
+
+# you can override the chosen separator if your data has tildes in it...
+if [ -z "$UNIQUE_SEPARATOR" ]; then
+  UNIQUE_SEPARATOR='~'
+fi
+
+# parses a line of CSV text and turns it into an array called "csv_split".
+# one defect of this approach is that if there are occurrences of the separator
+# character in the middle of the quoted strings, they will not be handled
+# properly.
+function parse_csv_line()
+{
+  local parm="$1"; shift
+#echo line before is: $parm
+  csv_split=()
+  # fix the line so we don't mistake embedded commas as separators.
+  to_split="$(echo "$parm" | sed -e "s/\" *, *\"/\"$UNIQUE_SEPARATOR\"/g")"
+#echo line afterwards is: $to_split
+  # swap the IFS so we can find the breaks.
+  OLD_IFS="$IFS"
+  IFS="$UNIQUE_SEPARATOR"
+  local csv_temp=($to_split)
+  IFS="$OLD_IFS"
+  # loop through and strip out the quotes.
+  i=0
+  while [ $i -lt ${#csv_temp[*]} ]; do
+    csv_split[$i]="$(echo ${csv_temp[$i]} | sed -e 's/"//g')"
+    i=$((i+1))
+  done
+}
+
+############################################################################