File: reprose.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
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  24 
  25 
  26 # reprose [width...] [filepaths...]
  27 #
  28 # Reflow/trim lines of prose (text) to improve its legibility: this tool is
  29 # especially useful when the text is pasted from web-pages being viewed in
  30 # reader mode.
  31 #
  32 # This script also ensures no lines across inputs are accidentally joined,
  33 # since all lines it outputs end with line-feeds, even when the original
  34 # files don't.
  35 
  36 
  37 case "$1" in
  38     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  39         # show help message, using the info-comment from this very script
  40         awk '/^# +reprose /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  41         exit 0
  42     ;;
  43 esac
  44 
  45 width=80
  46 if echo "$1" | grep -q '^[0-9][0-9]*$'; then
  47     width="$1"
  48     shift
  49 fi
  50 
  51 [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift
  52 
  53 command='awk'
  54 if { [ -p /dev/stdout ] || [ -t 1 ]; } && [ -e /usr/bin/stdbuf ]; then
  55     command='stdbuf -oL awk'
  56 fi
  57 
  58 # show all non-existing files given
  59 failed=0
  60 for arg in "$@"; do
  61     if [ "${arg}" = "-" ]; then
  62         continue
  63     fi
  64     if [ ! -e "${arg}" ]; then
  65         printf "no file named \"%s\"\n" "${arg}" > /dev/stderr
  66         failed=1
  67     fi
  68 done
  69 
  70 if [ "${failed}" -gt 0 ]; then
  71     exit 2
  72 fi
  73 
  74 ${command} '
  75     FNR == 1 { gsub(/^\xef\xbb\xbf/, "") }
  76     FNR == 1 && NR > 1 { print "" }
  77     { gsub(/\r$/, ""); print }
  78 ' "$@" | fold -s -w "${width}" | ${command} '{ gsub(/ *\r?$/, ""); print }'