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diff --git a/bin/apf.sh b/bin/apf.sh new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5e40e9b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/apf.sh @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +# Prepend arguments from a file to the given arguments for a command +self=apf + +# Require at least two arguments +if [ "$#" -lt 2 ] ; then + printf >&2 '%s: Need an arguments file and a command\n' "$self" + exit 2 +fi + +# First argument is the file containing the null-delimited arguments +argf=$1 cmd=$2 +shift 2 + +# If there were arguments given on the command line, we need to be careful and +# prepend our ones first +if [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; then + + # Iterate through any remaining arguments + for carg ; do + + # If this is the first command argument, then before we add it, we'll + # add all the ones from the file first if it exists + if [ -n "$argf" ] ; then + + # Reset the positional parameters + set -- + + # Put our file arguments in first before we continue with the loop + if [ -e "$argf" ] ; then + while IFS= read -r farg ; do + case $farg in + '#'*) continue ;; + *[![:space:]]*) ;; + *) continue ;; + esac + set -- "$@" "$farg" + done < "$argf" + fi + + # Unset the argfile so we don't repeat this bit + unset -v argf + fi + + # Stack the original invocation argument back onto the positional + # parameters + set -- "$@" "$carg" + done + +# If there weren't, we can just read the file and slap them in +elif [ -e "$argf" ] ; then + while IFS= read -r farg ; do + case $farg in + '#'*) continue ;; + *[![:space:]]*) ;; + *) continue ;; + esac + set -- "$@" "$farg" + done < "$argf" +fi + +# Run the command with the changed arguments +exec "$cmd" "$@" |