gab/gab

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#!/bin/bash
# Gab is an alternate client to the chat program at colorfield.space
# Replace the $file_path variable with the path to your chat log
# It is assumed that each line of chat starts as follows: "user_name >"
# other schemes or formats will require modification of the awk script
# found on lines 40 & 46
# # # # # #->
help_text=$'GAB - A simple chat interface\n\nsyntax: gab [flag] [value]\n\nflag value\n---------- ---------------\n-h, --help none\n-m, --msg Quoted text with the msg being added to chat\n-l, --log An integer representing the number of rows you\'d like to view, default 5'
file_path=./test.txt
title="GAB v1.0"
last_date="Last message: $(date -r $file_path)"
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo $title
echo $last_date
echo ""
tail -n 5 $file_path | awk '{out="\033[7m " $1 " \033[0m "; for (i=3; i<=NF; i++) {out=out" "$i}; print out ORS "- - -"}'
else
case "$1" in
-m | --msg)
if [ -z "$2" ]
then
echo "Must pass a quoted string w/ the msg flag"
exit 1
else
echo "$USER > $2" >> $file_path
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "Successfully added text to chatlog"
exit 0
else
echo "Error adding text to chatlog"
exit 1
fi
fi;;
-l | --log)
if [ -z "$2" ]
then
echo $title
echo $last_date
echo ""
tail -n 5 $file_path | awk '{out="\033[7m " $1 " \033[0m "; for (i=3; i<=NF; i++) {out=out" "$i}; print out ORS "- - -"}'
elif [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]
then
echo $title
echo $last_date
echo ""
tail -n $2 $file_path | awk '{out="\033[7m " $1 " \033[0m "; for (i=3; i<=NF; i++) {out=out" "$i}; print out ORS "- - -"}'
else
echo "Invalid: log value must be an integer"
exit 1
fi;;
-h | --help)
echo "$help_text"
exit 0;;
*)
echo "Unknown flag $1"
exit 1;;
esac
fi