File: squeeze.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
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  24 
  25 
  26 # squeeze [filepaths...]
  27 #
  28 #
  29 # Aggressively trim unneeded whitespace out of lines, also ignoring leading
  30 # UTF-8 BOMs, and trailing carriage-returns on all lines.
  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 files
  34 # don't.
  35 
  36 
  37 # handle help options
  38 case "$1" in
  39     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  40         # show help message, using the info-comment from this very script
  41         awk '/^# +squeeze /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  42         exit 0
  43     ;;
  44 esac
  45 
  46 awk '
  47 # ignore leading UTF-8 BOMs on the first line of each input, when present
  48 FNR == 1 { gsub(/^\xef\xbb\xbf/, "") }
  49 
  50 {
  51     # ignore leading spaces, trailing spaces, and trailing carriage-returns
  52     gsub(/^ +| *\r?$/, "")
  53     # ignore spaces around tabs
  54     gsub(/ *\t */, "\t")
  55     # turn all runs of multiple spaces into single spaces
  56     gsub(/  +/, " ")
  57 
  58     # flush all output lines immediately, in case input lines come in stutters
  59     print; fflush()
  60 }
  61 ' "$@"