File: linez.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (c) 2026 pacman64
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  24 
  25 
  26 # linez [options...] [files...]
  27 #
  28 # LINEs ended with Zero/null bytes, instead of line-feeds. Unlike `cat`, this
  29 # tool ensures no lines across inputs are accidentally joined, since all lines
  30 # it outputs end with a null byte, even when the original files don't have a
  31 # final line-feed byte.
  32 #
  33 # The options are, available both in single and double-dash versions
  34 #
  35 #   -h, -help    show this help message
  36 
  37 
  38 buffered=0
  39 
  40 case "$1" in
  41     -b|--b|-buffered|--buffered)
  42         buffered=1
  43         shift
  44     ;;
  45 
  46     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  47         awk '/^# +linez /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  48         exit 0
  49     ;;
  50 esac
  51 
  52 [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift
  53 
  54 # show all non-existing files given
  55 failed=0
  56 for arg in "$@"; do
  57     if [ "${arg}" = "-" ]; then
  58         continue
  59     fi
  60     if [ ! -e "${arg}" ]; then
  61         printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" >&2
  62         failed=1
  63     fi
  64 done
  65 
  66 if [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ]; then
  67     exit 2
  68 fi
  69 
  70 flush=0
  71 if [ "${buffered}" -eq 0 ] && { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; }; then
  72     flush=1
  73 fi
  74 
  75 awk -v ORS='\000' -v flush="${flush}" '{ print; if (flush) fflush() }' "$@"