On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:22:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 1. what other commands should I look at? Perhaps you'll find something useful in this little script I wrote: # show_drives.sh Display Labels and UUIDs of media # LGD: Wed May 24 06:35:20 PDT 2017 # Re-write Fri Jun 9 04:31:03 PDT 2017 # Written as an exercise in shell script programming. ldigh...@att.net #
trap "setterm -foreground white;echo;exit 1" ERR INT QUIT EXIT TERM #
trap -l will display signals (bash only)
set "lsblk -f" "lsblk -a" "fdisk -l" "findmnt -A" "findmnt -D" "findmnt -D -A"
"df -Th" # Put commands in the environment as positional parameters to
execute
# Prompt user for input
PRMPT="Enter to continue [Q]: "
WAIT(){
### ksh 'read' syntax: ksh man page line 2227 (vname?prompt) ####
[[ $(echo $SHELL |grep ksh) ]] && READ="read -n 1 REPLY?\"${PRMPT}\""
# ksh read syntax
#### bash 'read' syntax: bash man page line 4335 (-p prompt) ####
[[ -n $BASH ]] && READ="read -n 1 -r -p \"${PRMPT}\"" # bash
read syntax (-r, no varname)
eval ${READ} # Issue prompt for next page
[[ $REPLY != [Qq]* ]] && setterm -foreground white && return #
Return to caller
[[ $REPLY == [Qq]* ]] && setterm -foreground white # User
request to quit received
echo;exit
}
# Dynamically generate header and footer lines equal to the length of the
longest line of the output of the current command with the command-name
centered in the middle of the header line
GENLIN(){
CMDLEN=$(echo "$1"|wc -m) # The length of the
current command
LEN=$(eval "$1"|wc -L) # The length of the longest
line generated by the current command passed as an argument to this function
MIDLIN=$((( ($LEN / 2) - $(echo $1|wc -m)+2 ))) # The
mid-point of the line at which to place the current command in the header
[[ $2 != "end" ]] && LEN=$((( $LEN - $CMDLEN ))) # Deduct the
length of the command line from the header length for footer
for i in $(seq $LEN) ;do # Loop through the
commands
echo -e "=\c" # Print each line characters
[[ $i == $MIDLIN && $2 != "end" ]] && echo -e " $1 \c" # Print the
command-name in the middle of the header line
done
echo
}
CURROW=$(stty -a |grep rows|awk -F \; '/rows/ {print $2}'|tr -d '[a-z A-Z]')
# Get the number of terminal rows/lines (cursor row position at bottom of
screen)
[[ -n $BASH ]] && CURROW=$((( $CURROW - 1 ))) # fucking bash
:-)
while : ;do
GENLIN "$1" # Print output header line
eval "$1" # Print command output
GENLIN "$1" "end" # Print output footer line
echo
shift # Get the next command to run
[[ -z $1 ]] && { echo;exit ;} # Exit when command
list is exhausted
setterm -foreground green;WAIT;setterm -foreground white # Color
prompt for user input
tput cup $((($CURROW - 1))) 0 # Over-write the
prompt line
done
exit 0
show_drives.sh
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