File: try.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (c) 2026 pacman64
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  24 
  25 
  26 # try [command...] [arguments...]
  27 #
  28 # Try running a command, emitting an explicit message to standard-error if
  29 # the command given fails.
  30 #
  31 # When variable NO_COLOR is declared and set to 1, an invert/highlight style
  32 # is used instead of colors, when running the command given failed.
  33 
  34 
  35 case "$1" in
  36     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  37         awk '/^# +try /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  38         exit 0
  39     ;;
  40 esac
  41 
  42 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  43     awk '/^# +try /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  44     exit 0
  45 fi
  46 
  47 [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift
  48 
  49 "$@"
  50 code=$?
  51 
  52 # show nothing and quit, on success
  53 if [ "${code}" -eq 0 ]; then
  54     exit 0
  55 fi
  56 
  57 if [ "${NO_COLOR}" = 1 ]; then
  58     printf "\n%s \e[7m failed with error code %d \e[0m\n" "$*" "${code}" >&2
  59 else
  60     printf "\n\e[38;2;204;0;0m%s \e[48;2;204;0;0m\e[38;2;255;255;255m failed with error code %d \e[0m\n" "$*" "${code}" >&2
  61 fi
  62 
  63 exit "${code}"