invaders/checkboss.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script checks all arguments (or if no arguments are given, all files named *.dat in the directory),
# with the exception of records.dat,
# and prompts for cutting lines and characters in excess
# i.e. cuts lines after the $MAX_LINES-th line and characters after the $MAX_CHARS-th character in each line
# The script also adds as many blank spaces as needed to even the character count on each line
# i.e. in the and each line will have $LONGEST_LINE characters in total
# Old boss.dat file is copied to boss.dat.old to prevent data loss. I'm aware this is a coward's walkaround
# to the fact this script has issues.

# KNOWN BUGS:
# - there is no return value checking from the functions called
# - first bug implies that boss.dat file could be substituted with an empty file, or worse

# Please report any bugs or suggestions to me .D

#wc -L is the length of the longest line
#wc -m is the character count for the file
#wc -l is the line count for the file

MAX_CHARS=10
MAX_LINES=10
FILES=""

if [ $# -eq 1 -a $1 == "-h" ]; then echo Usage: $0 \<bossname.dat\>.; exit 1; fi

if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
	#check that file exists
	for k in $@; do
		if [ ! -e $k -a ! $k.dat ]; then
			echo $k does not exist!
			echo ignoring argument
			continue
		else
			#check that file has .dat extension
			if [[ "$k" =~ dat$  ]]; then
				FILES="$FILES $k"
			else
				if [[ "Sk.dat" =~ dat$ ]]; then
					echo File $k is not a .dat, but a file named $k.dat exists. Did you mean that file? \(Y/N\)
					read ans
					if [ $ans != "y" -a $ans != "Y" ]; then exit 1 
					else
						FILES="$FILES $k.dat"
						continue
					fi
				else
					echo $k does not look like a .dat file
					echo ignoring argument
					continue
				fi
			fi
		fi
	done
else
	FILES=`ls *.dat 2> /dev/null`
fi

echo $FILES > args.tmp

#FOR EACH boss.dat FILE
for i in `cat args.tmp`; do
	if [ $i == "records.dat" -o $i == "notes.dat" ]; then continue; fi
	
	#MAKE A BACKUP COPY	
	cp $i $i.old

	#CUT LINES IN EXCESS
	N_LINES=`wc -l $i | cut -f1 -d' '`
	if [ $N_LINES -gt $MAX_LINES ]; then
		echo file $i has too many lines \($N_LINES\): cut lines in excess? Y\\N
		read ans
		while [ $ans != 'y' -a $ans != 'Y' -a $ans != 'n' -a $ans != 'N' ]; do
			echo cut lines in excess? Y\\N
			read ans
		done
		if [ $ans == 'y' -o $ans == 'Y' ]; then
			head -$MAX_LINES $i > output.tmp
			mv output.tmp $i
			N_LINES=`wc -l $i | cut -f1 -d' '`
			echo file has now $N_LINES lines
		fi
		echo
	fi
	
	#CUT CHARACTERS IN EXCESS
	LONGEST_LINE=`wc -L $i | cut -f1 -d' '`
	if [ $LONGEST_LINE -gt $MAX_CHARS ]; then
		echo file $i has at least one line that is longer than permitted. max length is $MAX_CHARS
		echo cut characters in excess? Y\\N
		read ans
		while [ $ans != 'y' -a $ans != 'Y' -a $ans != 'n' -a $ans != 'N' ]; do  
                        echo cut lines in excess? Y\\N
                        read ans
                done
		if [ $ans == 'y' -o $ans == 'Y' ]; then
			cat $i | cut -c1-$MAX_CHARS > output.tmp2
			mv output.tmp2 $i
			LONGEST_LINE=`wc -L $i | cut -f1 -d' '`
			echo longest line has now $LONGEST_LINE characters 
		fi
		echo
	fi

	#ADD BLANK SPACES AT THE END OF LINES
	for j in `seq 1 $MAX_CHARS`; do
		sed 's/.*/& /' $i > output.tmp3
		mv output.tmp3 $i
	done
	cat $i | cut -c1-$LONGEST_LINE > output.tmp4
	mv output.tmp4 $i
done

rm args.tmp