File: dedent.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
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  24 
  25 
  26 # dedent [options...] [files...]
  27 #
  28 # Ignore the common leading-space indentation from the input(s).
  29 #
  30 # The options are, available both in single and double-dash versions
  31 #
  32 #    -h, -help    show this help message
  33 
  34 
  35 buffered=0
  36 
  37 case "$1" in
  38     -b|--b|-buffered|--buffered)
  39         buffered=1
  40         shift
  41     ;;
  42 
  43     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  44         awk '/^# +dedent /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  45         exit 0
  46     ;;
  47 
  48     -) ;;
  49 
  50     --) shift ;;
  51 
  52     -*)
  53         printf "unsupported option '%s'\n" "$1" >&2
  54         exit 1
  55     ;;
  56 esac
  57 
  58 # show all non-existing files given
  59 failed=0
  60 for arg in "$@"; do
  61     [ "${arg}" = "-" ] && continue
  62     [ -e "${arg}" ] && continue
  63     printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" >&2
  64     failed=1
  65 done
  66 
  67 [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ] && exit 2
  68 
  69 flush=0
  70 if [ "${buffered}" -eq 0 ] && { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; }; then
  71     flush=1
  72 fi
  73 
  74 awk -v flush="${flush}" '
  75     BEGIN { n = -1 }
  76 
  77     {
  78         if (n == 0) {
  79             print
  80             if (flush) fflush()
  81             next
  82         }
  83 
  84         indent = 0
  85         if (match($0, /^ +/)) indent = RLENGTH
  86 
  87         m = n
  88         if (n > indent || n < 0) n = indent
  89         if (m != 0 && n == 0) {
  90             for (i = 1; i <= NR; i++) { print lines[i]; delete lines[i] }
  91             next
  92         }
  93 
  94         lines[NR] = $0
  95     }
  96 
  97     END {
  98         if (n <= 0) exit
  99         for (i = 1; i <= NR; i++) print substr(lines[i], n + 1)
 100     }
 101 ' "$@"