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Shell script to get metaphorpsum.com filler text
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # metaphorpsum.sh | |
| # | |
| # Generate some metaphorical filler text via the API at | |
| # metaphorpsum.com | |
| # | |
| # -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| usage() { | |
| (cat <<EOF | |
| metaphorpsum.sh | |
| Generate some metaphorical filler text via the API at | |
| metaphorpsum.com. | |
| Output is tee'd to "pbcopy", i.e. copied to the macOS clipboard. | |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| metaphorpsum.sh [options] | |
| OPTIONS | |
| Options are handled by 'getopts' so only single-dash, | |
| single-character option names are supported. | |
| -p <paragraphs> | |
| Specify the number of paragraphs to display. | |
| -s <sentences> | |
| Specify the number of sentences to display. The number is | |
| consider per-paragraph when using the -p option. Default: 3. | |
| -t Wrap paragraphs in HTML <p> tags. | |
| EXAMPLES | |
| Print four sentences: | |
| ./metaphorpsum.sh -s4 | |
| Print two paragraphs, three sentences each: | |
| ./metaphorpsum.sh -p2 | |
| Print three paragraphs, each wrapped in <p> tags and | |
| containing one sentence: | |
| ./metaphorpsum.sh -p3 -s1 -t | |
| Print three sentences without any <p> tags as the '-t' | |
| option is only applicable when '-p' is specified: | |
| ./metaphorpsum.sh -t | |
| EOF | |
| ) 1>&2 | |
| exit 0; | |
| } | |
| # -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| base="http://metaphorpsum.com/" | |
| p=0 | |
| s=3 | |
| t="false" | |
| while getopts ':p:s:th' opt; do | |
| case $opt in | |
| p) p=$OPTARG ;; | |
| s) s=$OPTARG ;; | |
| t) t="true" ;; | |
| h|?) usage ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| if [ $p -gt 0 ]; then | |
| endpoint="paragraphs/${p}/${s}" | |
| else | |
| endpoint="sentences/${s}" | |
| fi | |
| url="${base}${endpoint}" | |
| [ "$t" = "true" ] && url="${url}?p=${t}" | |
| # -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Curl it and tee to pbcopy if available, otherwise just stdout | |
| if command -v pbcopy >/dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| curl -s "$url" | tee >(pbcopy) | |
| else | |
| curl -s "$url" | |
| fi |
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