File: telltime.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
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  24 
  25 
  26 # telltime [port]
  27 #
  28 # Start a TCP server which always replies with the current local date/time as
  29 # a plain-text line.
  30 
  31 
  32 case "$1" in
  33     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  34         awk '/^# +telltime /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  35         exit 0
  36     ;;
  37 esac
  38 
  39 # if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  40 #     awk '/^# +telltime /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  41 #     exit 0
  42 # fi
  43 
  44 gawk -v port="$1" '
  45     BEGIN {
  46         if (port == "") {
  47             fmt = "\x1b[31myou forgot the port number\x1b[0m\n"
  48             printf(fmt) > "/dev/stderr"
  49             exit 1
  50         }
  51 
  52         if (port < 1 || port > 65535) {
  53             fmt = "\x1b[31m%s is an invalid port number\x1b[0m\n"
  54             printf(fmt, port) > "/dev/stderr"
  55             exit 1
  56         }
  57 
  58         server = sprintf("/inet/tcp/%d/0/0", port)
  59         PROCINFO[server, "READ_TIMEOUT"] = 200
  60 
  61         msg = "current date and time on telnet://localhost:%d\n"
  62         printf(msg, port) > "/dev/stderr"
  63 
  64         while (1) {
  65             print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") |& server
  66             close(server)
  67         }
  68 
  69         exit
  70     }
  71 '