Some input improvements: -m for 'string message', -i for files input

laconia

@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ error_exit() {
 usage() {
 	printf "usage: %s [OPTIONS] URI [ARGS]\n" "$PROGNAME"
 	printf "Simple client for spartan protocol\n"
+	printf "Options:
+-h, --help - display this help
+-p, --port - change port number (default is 300)
+-m, --message - input as string
+-i, --input-file - input as file
+-u, --url - url to the capsule\n"
 }
 
 request(){
-	page=$(printf "$host /$path $post_len\r\n$post\r\n" | nc $host $port)
+	page=$(printf "$host /$path 0\r\n" | nc $host $port)
 	status=$(echo $page | awk 'NR == 1 {print $1}')
 	meta=$(echo $page | awk 'NR == 1 {$1=="";print}')
 	if [[ $status == 2 ]]; then
@@ -28,15 +34,19 @@ request(){
 	fi
 }
 
-while getopts ":h:p:i:u:" arg; do
+while getopts ":h:p:m:i:u:" arg; do
 	case $arg in
 		h | --help)
 			usage; exit ;;
 		p | --port)
 			export port=$OPTARG
 			;;
-		i | --input) 
-			export post=$OPTARG
+		i | --input-file)
+			export post=$(cat $OPTARG)
+			export post_len=$(echo $post | wc -c )
+			;;
+		m | --message) 
+			export post=$( echo $OPTARG)
 			export post_len=$( echo $post | wc -c )
 			;; 
 		u | --url)
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ while getopts ":h:p:i:u:" arg; do
 				echo $url_unparsed is not a Spartan URL
 			fi
 			;;
-		* | -* | --*)
+		*)
 			usage; error_exit "unknown option $1" ;;
 	esac
 done

message.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2.One more test sorry 
+-- g1n