Checksigs

Checks a 'sigs' file for any lines that are too long for hey.

Latest version: v1.00 (2006)

Source code

Place this code in your ~/bin directory, or run ~inky/bin/checksigs on Spoon.

checksigs.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Check if any lines in your sigs file are too long (>72 characters)
#-Inky, 2006
[ -z "$1" ] && echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename" && exit
[ ! -f "$1" ] && echo "File not found." && exit
invalid=`awk '{if(length>72)print NR "  ",$0}' $1`
if [[ ! $invalid = "" ]]; then
  echo -e "The following lines are too long for your sigs file:\n"
  cat <<EOF
$invalid
EOF
  echo -e "\nLines must be no longer than 72 characters."
else
  echo "This file is okay!"
fi