File: catl.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (c) 2026 pacman64
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  23 # SOFTWARE.
  24 
  25 
  26 # catl [options...] [files...]
  27 #
  28 # Unlike `cat`, conCATenate Lines ensures no lines across inputs are
  29 # accidentally joined, since all lines it outputs end with line-feeds,
  30 # even when the original files don't.
  31 #
  32 # The options are, available both in single and double-dash versions
  33 #
  34 #   -h, -help    show this help message
  35 #   -0, -null    turn null-byte-delimited chunks into proper lines
  36 
  37 
  38 nulled=0
  39 buffered=0
  40 
  41 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
  42     case "$1" in
  43         -b|--b|-buffered|--buffered) buffered=1; shift; continue ;;
  44 
  45         -h|--h|-help|--help)
  46             awk '/^# +catl /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  47             exit 0
  48         ;;
  49 
  50         -0|--0|-null|--null) nulled=1; shift; continue ;;
  51 
  52         -) break ;;
  53 
  54         --) shift; break ;;
  55 
  56         -*)
  57             printf "unsupported option '%s'\n" "$1" >&2
  58             exit 1
  59         ;;
  60     esac
  61 
  62     break
  63 done
  64 
  65 # show all non-existing files given
  66 failed=0
  67 for arg in "$@"; do
  68     [ "${arg}" = "-" ] && continue
  69     [ -e "${arg}" ] && continue
  70     printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" >&2
  71     failed=1
  72 done
  73 
  74 [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ] && exit 2
  75 
  76 flush=0
  77 if [ "${buffered}" -eq 0 ] && { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; }; then
  78     flush=1
  79 fi
  80 
  81 src='
  82     FNR == 1 { gsub(/^\xef\xbb\xbf/, "") }
  83     { print; if (flush) fflush() }
  84 '
  85 
  86 if [ "${nulled}" -eq 0 ]; then
  87     awk -v flush="${flush}" "${src}" "$@"
  88 else
  89     awk -v RS='\000' -v flush="${flush}" "${src}" "$@"
  90 fi