Appendix A. Contributed Scripts

These scripts, while not fitting into the text of this document, do illustrate some interesting shell programming techniques. They are useful, too. Have fun analyzing and running them.

Example A-1. mailformat: Formatting an e-mail message

#!/bin/bash
# mail-format.sh (ver. 1.1): Format e-mail messages.

# Gets rid of carets, tabs, and also folds excessively long lines.

# =================================================================
#                 Standard Check for Script Argument(s)
ARGS=1
E_BADARGS=65
E_NOFILE=66

if [ $# -ne $ARGS ]  # Correct number of arguments passed to script?
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename"
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi

if [ -f "$1" ]       # Check if file exists.
then
    file_name=$1
else
    echo "File \"$1\" does not exist."
    exit $E_NOFILE
fi
# =================================================================

MAXWIDTH=70          # Width to fold excessively long lines to.

# ---------------------------------
# A variable can hold a sed script.
sedscript='s/^>//
s/^  *>//
s/^  *//
s/		*//'
# ---------------------------------

#  Delete carets and tabs at beginning of lines,
#+ then fold lines to $MAXWIDTH characters.
sed "$sedscript" $1 | fold -s --width=$MAXWIDTH
                        #  -s option to "fold"
                        #+ breaks lines at whitespace, if possible.


#  This script was inspired by an article in a well-known trade journal
#+ extolling a 164K MS Windows utility with similar functionality.
#
#  An nice set of text processing utilities and an efficient
#+ scripting language provide an alternative to bloated executables.

exit

Example A-2. rn: A simple-minded file renaming utility

This script is a modification of Example 15-22.

#! /bin/bash
# rn.sh

# Very simpleminded filename "rename" utility (based on "lowercase.sh").
#
#  The "ren" utility, by Vladimir Lanin (lanin@csd2.nyu.edu),
#+ does a much better job of this.


ARGS=2
E_BADARGS=85
ONE=1                     # For getting singular/plural right (see below).

if [ $# -ne "$ARGS" ]
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` old-pattern new-pattern"
  # As in "rn gif jpg", which renames all gif files in working directory to jpg.
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi

number=0                  # Keeps track of how many files actually renamed.


for filename in *$1*      #Traverse all matching files in directory.
do
   if [ -f "$filename" ]  # If finds match...
   then
     fname=`basename $filename`            # Strip off path.
     n=`echo $fname | sed -e "s/$1/$2/"`   # Substitute new for old in filename.
     mv $fname $n                          # Rename.
     let "number += 1"
   fi
done   

if [ "$number" -eq "$ONE" ]                # For correct grammar.
then
 echo "$number file renamed."
else 
 echo "$number files renamed."
fi 

exit $?


# Exercises:
# ---------
# What types of files will this not work on?
# How can this be fixed?

Example A-3. blank-rename: Renames filenames containing blanks

This is an even simpler-minded version of previous script.

#! /bin/bash
# blank-rename.sh
#
# Substitutes underscores for blanks in all the filenames in a directory.

ONE=1                     # For getting singular/plural right (see below).
number=0                  # Keeps track of how many files actually renamed.
FOUND=0                   # Successful return value.

for filename in *         #Traverse all files in directory.
do
     echo "$filename" | grep -q " "         #  Check whether filename
     if [ $? -eq $FOUND ]                   #+ contains space(s).
     then
       fname=$filename                      # Yes, this filename needs work.
       n=`echo $fname | sed -e "s/ /_/g"`   # Substitute underscore for blank.
       mv "$fname" "$n"                     # Do the actual renaming.
       let "number += 1"
     fi
done   

if [ "$number" -eq "$ONE" ]                 # For correct grammar.
then
 echo "$number file renamed."
else 
 echo "$number files renamed."
fi 

exit 0

Example A-4. encryptedpw: Uploading to an ftp site, using a locally encrypted password

#!/bin/bash

# Example "ex72.sh" modified to use encrypted password.

#  Note that this is still rather insecure,
#+ since the decrypted password is sent in the clear.
#  Use something like "ssh" if this is a concern.

E_BADARGS=65

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename"
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi  

Username=bozo           # Change to suit.
pword=/home/bozo/secret/password_encrypted.file
# File containing encrypted password.

Filename=`basename $1`  # Strips pathname out of file name.

Server="XXX"
Directory="YYY"         # Change above to actual server name & directory.


Password=`cruft <$pword`          # Decrypt password.
#  Uses the author's own "cruft" file encryption package,
#+ based on the classic "onetime pad" algorithm,
#+ and obtainable from:
#+ Primary-site:   ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file
#+                 cruft-0.2.tar.gz [16k]


ftp -n $Server <<End-Of-Session
user $Username $Password
binary
bell
cd $Directory
put $Filename
bye
End-Of-Session
# -n option to "ftp" disables auto-logon.
# Note that "bell" rings 'bell' after each file transfer.

exit 0

Example A-5. copy-cd: Copying a data CD

#!/bin/bash
# copy-cd.sh: copying a data CD

CDROM=/dev/cdrom                           # CD ROM device
OF=/home/bozo/projects/cdimage.iso         # output file
#       /xxxx/xxxxxxxx/                      Change to suit your system.
BLOCKSIZE=2048
SPEED=10                                   # May use higher speed ...
DEVICE=/dev/cdrom
# DEVICE="0,0"    on older versions of cdrecord.

echo; echo "Insert source CD, but do *not* mount it."
echo "Press ENTER when ready. "
read ready                                 # Wait for input, $ready not used.

echo; echo "Copying the source CD to $OF."
echo "This may take a while. Please be patient."

dd if=$CDROM of=$OF bs=$BLOCKSIZE          # Raw device copy.


echo; echo "Remove data CD."
echo "Insert blank CDR."
echo "Press ENTER when ready. "
read ready                                 # Wait for input, $ready not used.

echo "Copying $OF to CDR."

cdrecord -v -isosize speed=$SPEED dev=$DEVICE $OF
# Uses Joerg Schilling's "cdrecord" package (see its docs).
# http://www.fokus.gmd.de/nthp/employees/schilling/cdrecord.html
# Newer Linux distros may use "wodim" rather than "cdrecord" ...


echo; echo "Done copying $OF to CDR on device $CDROM."

echo "Do you want to erase the image file (y/n)? "  # Probably a huge file.
read answer

case "$answer" in
[yY]) rm -f $OF
      echo "$OF erased."
      ;;
*)    echo "$OF not erased.";;
esac

echo

# Exercise:
# Change the above "case" statement to also accept "yes" and "Yes" as input.

exit 0

Example A-6. Collatz series

#!/bin/bash
# collatz.sh

#  The notorious "hailstone" or Collatz series.
#  -------------------------------------------
#  1) Get the integer "seed" from the command-line.
#  2) NUMBER <-- seed
#  3) Print NUMBER.
#  4)  If NUMBER is even, divide by 2, or
#  5)+ if odd, multiply by 3 and add 1.
#  6) NUMBER <-- result 
#  7) Loop back to step 3 (for specified number of iterations).
#
#  The theory is that every sequence,
#+ no matter how large the initial value,
#+ eventually settles down to repeating "4,2,1..." cycles,
#+ even after fluctuating through a wide range of values.
#
#  This is an instance of an "iterate,"
#+ an operation that feeds its output back into its input.
#  Sometimes the result is a "chaotic" series.


MAX_ITERATIONS=200
# For large seed numbers (>32000), try increasing MAX_ITERATIONS.

h=${1:-$$}                      #  Seed.
                                #  Use $PID as seed,
                                #+ if not specified as command-line arg.

echo
echo "C($h) --- $MAX_ITERATIONS Iterations"
echo

for ((i=1; i<=MAX_ITERATIONS; i++))
do

# echo -n "$h	"
#            ^^^ 
#            tab
# printf does it better ...
COLWIDTH=%7d
printf $COLWIDTH $h

  let "remainder = h % 2"
  if [ "$remainder" -eq 0 ]   # Even?
  then
    let "h /= 2"              # Divide by 2.
  else
    let "h = h*3 + 1"         # Multiply by 3 and add 1.
  fi


COLUMNS=10                    # Output 10 values per line.
let "line_break = i % $COLUMNS"
if [ "$line_break" -eq 0 ]
then
  echo
fi  

done

echo

#  For more information on this strange mathematical function,
#+ see _Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty_, by Pickover, p. 185 ff.,
#+ as listed in the bibliography.

exit 0

Example A-7. days-between: Days between two dates

#!/bin/bash
# days-between.sh:    Number of days between two dates.
# Usage: ./days-between.sh [M]M/[D]D/YYYY [M]M/[D]D/YYYY
#
# Note: Script modified to account for changes in Bash, v. 2.05b +,
#+      that closed the loophole permitting large negative
#+      integer return values.

ARGS=2                # Two command-line parameters expected.
E_PARAM_ERR=85        # Param error.

REFYR=1600            # Reference year.
CENTURY=100
DIY=365
ADJ_DIY=367           # Adjusted for leap year + fraction.
MIY=12
DIM=31
LEAPCYCLE=4

MAXRETVAL=255         #  Largest permissible
                      #+ positive return value from a function.

diff=                 # Declare global variable for date difference.
value=                # Declare global variable for absolute value.
day=                  # Declare globals for day, month, year.
month=
year=


Param_Error ()        # Command-line parameters wrong.
{
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` [M]M/[D]D/YYYY [M]M/[D]D/YYYY"
  echo "       (date must be after 1/3/1600)"
  exit $E_PARAM_ERR
}  


Parse_Date ()                 # Parse date from command-line params.
{
  month=${1%%/**}
  dm=${1%/**}                 # Day and month.
  day=${dm#*/}
  let "year = `basename $1`"  # Not a filename, but works just the same.
}  


check_date ()                 # Checks for invalid date(s) passed.
{
  [ "$day" -gt "$DIM" ] || [ "$month" -gt "$MIY" ] ||
  [ "$year" -lt "$REFYR" ] && Param_Error
  # Exit script on bad value(s).
  # Uses or-list / and-list.
  #
  # Exercise: Implement more rigorous date checking.
}


strip_leading_zero () #  Better to strip possible leading zero(s)
{                     #+ from day and/or month
  return ${1#0}       #+ since otherwise Bash will interpret them
}                     #+ as octal values (POSIX.2, sect 2.9.2.1).


day_index ()          # Gauss' Formula:
{                     # Days from March 1, 1600 to date passed as param.
                      #           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  day=$1
  month=$2
  year=$3

  let "month = $month - 2"
  if [ "$month" -le 0 ]
  then
    let "month += 12"
    let "year -= 1"
  fi  

  let "year -= $REFYR"
  let "indexyr = $year / $CENTURY"


  let "Days = $DIY*$year + $year/$LEAPCYCLE - $indexyr \
              + $indexyr/$LEAPCYCLE + $ADJ_DIY*$month/$MIY + $day - $DIM"
  #  For an in-depth explanation of this algorithm, see
  #+   http://weblogs.asp.net/pgreborio/archive/2005/01/06/347968.aspx


  echo $Days

}  


calculate_difference ()            # Difference between two day indices.
{
  let "diff = $1 - $2"             # Global variable.
}  


abs ()                             #  Absolute value
{                                  #  Uses global "value" variable.
  if [ "$1" -lt 0 ]                #  If negative
  then                             #+ then
    let "value = 0 - $1"           #+ change sign,
  else                             #+ else
    let "value = $1"               #+ leave it alone.
  fi
}



if [ $# -ne "$ARGS" ]              # Require two command-line params.
then
  Param_Error
fi  

Parse_Date $1
check_date $day $month $year       #  See if valid date.

strip_leading_zero $day            #  Remove any leading zeroes
day=$?                             #+ on day and/or month.
strip_leading_zero $month
month=$?

let "date1 = `day_index $day $month $year`"


Parse_Date $2
check_date $day $month $year

strip_leading_zero $day
day=$?
strip_leading_zero $month
month=$?

date2=$(day_index $day $month $year) # Command substitution.


calculate_difference $date1 $date2

abs $diff                            # Make sure it's positive.
diff=$value

echo $diff

exit 0

#  Compare this script with
#+ the implementation of Gauss' Formula in a C program at
#+    http://buschencrew.hypermart.net/software/datedif

Example A-8. Making a dictionary

#!/bin/bash
# makedict.sh  [make dictionary]

# Modification of /usr/sbin/mkdict (/usr/sbin/cracklib-forman) script.
# Original script copyright 1993, by Alec Muffett.
#
#  This modified script included in this document in a manner
#+ consistent with the "LICENSE" document of the "Crack" package
#+ that the original script is a part of.

#  This script processes text files to produce a sorted list
#+ of words found in the files.
#  This may be useful for compiling dictionaries
#+ and for other lexicographic purposes.


E_BADARGS=65

if [ ! -r "$1" ]                    #  Need at least one
then                                #+ valid file argument.
  echo "Usage: $0 files-to-process"
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi  


# SORT="sort"                       #  No longer necessary to define options
                                    #+ to sort. Changed from original script.

cat $* |                            # Contents of specified files to stdout.
        tr A-Z a-z |                # Convert to lowercase.
        tr ' ' '\012' |             # New: change spaces to newlines.
#       tr -cd '\012[a-z][0-9]' |   #  Get rid of everything non-alphanumeric
                                    #+ (in original script).
        tr -c '\012a-z'  '\012' |   #  Rather than deleting non-alpha chars,
                                    #+ change them to newlines.
        sort |                      # $SORT options unnecessary now.
        uniq |                      # Remove duplicates.
        grep -v '^#' |              # Delete lines beginning with a hashmark.
        grep -v '^$'                # Delete blank lines.

exit 0

Example A-9. Soundex conversion

#!/bin/bash
# soundex.sh: Calculate "soundex" code for names

# =======================================================
#        Soundex script
#              by
#         Mendel Cooper
#     thegrendel@theriver.com
#       23 January, 2002
#
#   Placed in the Public Domain.
#
# A slightly different version of this script appeared in
#+ Ed Schaefer's July, 2002 "Shell Corner" column
#+ in "Unix Review" on-line,
#+ http://www.unixreview.com/documents/uni1026336632258/
# =======================================================


ARGCOUNT=1                     # Need name as argument.
E_WRONGARGS=70

if [ $# -ne "$ARGCOUNT" ]
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` name"
  exit $E_WRONGARGS
fi  


assign_value ()                #  Assigns numerical value
{                              #+ to letters of name.

  val1=bfpv                    # 'b,f,p,v' = 1
  val2=cgjkqsxz                # 'c,g,j,k,q,s,x,z' = 2
  val3=dt                      #  etc.
  val4=l
  val5=mn
  val6=r

# Exceptionally clever use of 'tr' follows.
# Try to figure out what is going on here.

value=$( echo "$1" \
| tr -d wh \
| tr $val1 1 | tr $val2 2 | tr $val3 3 \
| tr $val4 4 | tr $val5 5 | tr $val6 6 \
| tr -s 123456 \
| tr -d aeiouy )

# Assign letter values.
# Remove duplicate numbers, except when separated by vowels.
# Ignore vowels, except as separators, so delete them last.
# Ignore 'w' and 'h', even as separators, so delete them first.
#
# The above command substitution lays more pipe than a plumber <g>.

}  


input_name="$1"
echo
echo "Name = $input_name"


# Change all characters of name input to lowercase.
# ------------------------------------------------
name=$( echo $input_name | tr A-Z a-z )
# ------------------------------------------------
# Just in case argument to script is mixed case.


# Prefix of soundex code: first letter of name.
# --------------------------------------------


char_pos=0                     # Initialize character position. 
prefix0=${name:$char_pos:1}
prefix=`echo $prefix0 | tr a-z A-Z`
                               # Uppercase 1st letter of soundex.

let "char_pos += 1"            # Bump character position to 2nd letter of name.
name1=${name:$char_pos}


# ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Exception Patch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Now, we run both the input name and the name shifted one char to the right
#+ through the value-assigning function.
#  If we get the same value out, that means that the first two characters
#+ of the name have the same value assigned, and that one should cancel.
#  However, we also need to test whether the first letter of the name
#+ is a vowel or 'w' or 'h', because otherwise this would bollix things up.

char1=`echo $prefix | tr A-Z a-z`    # First letter of name, lowercased.

assign_value $name
s1=$value
assign_value $name1
s2=$value
assign_value $char1
s3=$value
s3=9$s3                              #  If first letter of name is a vowel
                                     #+ or 'w' or 'h',
                                     #+ then its "value" will be null (unset).
				     #+ Therefore, set it to 9, an otherwise
				     #+ unused value, which can be tested for.


if [[ "$s1" -ne "$s2" || "$s3" -eq 9 ]]
then
  suffix=$s2
else  
  suffix=${s2:$char_pos}
fi  
# ++++++++++++++++++++++ end Exception Patch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


padding=000                    # Use at most 3 zeroes to pad.


soun=$prefix$suffix$padding    # Pad with zeroes.

MAXLEN=4                       # Truncate to maximum of 4 chars.
soundex=${soun:0:$MAXLEN}

echo "Soundex = $soundex"

echo

#  The soundex code is a method of indexing and classifying names
#+ by grouping together the ones that sound alike.
#  The soundex code for a given name is the first letter of the name,
#+ followed by a calculated three-number code.
#  Similar sounding names should have almost the same soundex codes.

#   Examples:
#   Smith and Smythe both have a "S-530" soundex.
#   Harrison = H-625
#   Hargison = H-622
#   Harriman = H-655

#  This works out fairly well in practice, but there are numerous anomalies.
#
#
#  The U.S. Census and certain other governmental agencies use soundex,
#  as do genealogical researchers.
#
#  For more information,
#+ see the "National Archives and Records Administration home page",
#+ http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/soundex/soundex.html



# Exercise:
# --------
# Simplify the "Exception Patch" section of this script.

exit 0

Example A-10. Game of Life

#!/bin/bash
# life.sh: "Life in the Slow Lane"

# Version 0.2:   Patched by Daniel Albers
#+               to allow non-square grids as input.
# Version 0.2.1: Added 2-second delay between generations.

# ##################################################################### #
# This is the Bash script version of John Conway's "Game of Life".      #
# "Life" is a simple implementation of cellular automata.               #
# --------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# On a rectangular grid, let each "cell" be either "living" or "dead."  #
# Designate a living cell with a dot, and a dead one with a blank space.#
#  Begin with an arbitrarily drawn dot-and-blank grid,                  #
#+ and let this be the starting generation, "generation 0."             #
# Determine each successive generation by the following rules:          #
#   1) Each cell has 8 neighbors, the adjoining cells                   #
#+     left, right, top, bottom, and the 4 diagonals.                   #
#                                                                       #
#                       123                                             #
#                       4*5     The * is the cell under consideration.  #
#                       678                                             #
#                                                                       #
# 2) A living cell with either 2 or 3 living neighbors remains alive.   #
SURVIVE=2                                                               #
# 3) A dead cell with 3 living neighbors comes alive (a "birth").       #
BIRTH=3                                                                 #
# 4) All other cases result in a dead cell for the next generation.     #
# ##################################################################### #


startfile=gen0   # Read the starting generation from the file "gen0" ...
                 # Default, if no other file specified when invoking script.
                 #
if [ -n "$1" ]   # Specify another "generation 0" file.
then
    startfile="$1"
fi  

############################################
#  Abort script if "startfile" not specified
#+ and
#+ default file "gen0" not present.

E_NOSTARTFILE=68

if [ ! -e "$startfile" ]
then
  echo "Startfile \""$startfile"\" missing!"
  exit $E_NOSTARTFILE
fi
############################################


ALIVE1=.
DEAD1=_
                 # Represent living and dead cells in the start-up file.

#  ---------------------------------------------------------- #
#  This script uses a 10 x 10 grid (may be increased,
#+ but a large grid will slow execution).
ROWS=10
COLS=10
#  Change above two variables to match grid size, as desired.
#  ---------------------------------------------------------- #

GENERATIONS=10          #  How many generations to cycle through.
                        #  Adjust this upwards,
                        #+ if you have time on your hands.

NONE_ALIVE=85           #  Exit status on premature bailout,
                        #+ if no cells left alive.
DELAY=2                 #  Pause between generations, etc.
TRUE=0
FALSE=1
ALIVE=0
DEAD=1

avar=                   # Global; holds current generation.
generation=0            # Initialize generation count.

# =================================================================

let "cells = $ROWS * $COLS"   # How many cells.

# Arrays containing "cells."
declare -a initial
declare -a current

display ()
{

alive=0                 # How many cells alive at any given time.
                        # Initially zero.

declare -a arr
arr=( `echo "$1"` )     # Convert passed arg to array.

element_count=${#arr[*]}

local i
local rowcheck

for ((i=0; i<$element_count; i++))
do

  # Insert newline at end of each row.
  let "rowcheck = $i % COLS"
  if [ "$rowcheck" -eq 0 ]
  then
    echo                # Newline.
    echo -n "      "    # Indent.
  fi  

  cell=${arr[i]}

  if [ "$cell" = . ]
  then
    let "alive += 1"
  fi  

  echo -n "$cell" | sed -e 's/_/ /g'
  # Print out array and change underscores to spaces.
done  

return

}

IsValid ()                            # Test whether cell coordinate valid.
{

  if [ -z "$1"  -o -z "$2" ]          # Mandatory arguments missing?
  then
    return $FALSE
  fi

local row
local lower_limit=0                   # Disallow negative coordinate.
local upper_limit
local left
local right

let "upper_limit = $ROWS * $COLS - 1" # Total number of cells.


if [ "$1" -lt "$lower_limit" -o "$1" -gt "$upper_limit" ]
then
  return $FALSE                       # Out of array bounds.
fi  

row=$2
let "left = $row * $COLS"             # Left limit.
let "right = $left + $COLS - 1"       # Right limit.

if [ "$1" -lt "$left" -o "$1" -gt "$right" ]
then
  return $FALSE                       # Beyond row boundary.
fi  

return $TRUE                          # Valid coordinate.

}  


IsAlive ()              #  Test whether cell is alive.
                        #  Takes array, cell number,
{                       #+ state of cell as arguments.
  GetCount "$1" $2      #  Get alive cell count in neighborhood.
  local nhbd=$?

  if [ "$nhbd" -eq "$BIRTH" ]  # Alive in any case.
  then
    return $ALIVE
  fi

  if [ "$3" = "." -a "$nhbd" -eq "$SURVIVE" ]
  then                  # Alive only if previously alive.
    return $ALIVE
  fi  

  return $DEAD          # Dead by default.

}  


GetCount ()             # Count live cells in passed cell's neighborhood.
                        # Two arguments needed:
			# $1) variable holding array
			# $2) cell number
{
  local cell_number=$2
  local array
  local top
  local center
  local bottom
  local r
  local row
  local i
  local t_top
  local t_cen
  local t_bot
  local count=0
  local ROW_NHBD=3

  array=( `echo "$1"` )

  let "top = $cell_number - $COLS - 1"    # Set up cell neighborhood.
  let "center = $cell_number - 1"
  let "bottom = $cell_number + $COLS - 1"
  let "r = $cell_number / $COLS"

  for ((i=0; i<$ROW_NHBD; i++))           # Traverse from left to right. 
  do
    let "t_top = $top + $i"
    let "t_cen = $center + $i"
    let "t_bot = $bottom + $i"


    let "row = $r"                        # Count center row.
    IsValid $t_cen $row                   # Valid cell position?
    if [ $? -eq "$TRUE" ]
    then
      if [ ${array[$t_cen]} = "$ALIVE1" ] # Is it alive?
      then                                # Yes?
        let "count += 1"                  # Increment count.
      fi	
    fi  

    let "row = $r - 1"                    # Count top row.          
    IsValid $t_top $row
    if [ $? -eq "$TRUE" ]
    then
      if [ ${array[$t_top]} = "$ALIVE1" ] # Redundancy here.
      then                                # Can be optimized?
        let "count += 1"
      fi	
    fi  

    let "row = $r + 1"                    # Count bottom row.
    IsValid $t_bot $row
    if [ $? -eq "$TRUE" ]
    then
      if [ ${array[$t_bot]} = "$ALIVE1" ] 
      then
        let "count += 1"
      fi	
    fi  

  done  


  if [ ${array[$cell_number]} = "$ALIVE1" ]
  then
    let "count -= 1"        #  Make sure value of tested cell itself
  fi                        #+ is not counted.


  return $count
  
}

next_gen ()               # Update generation array.
{

local array
local i=0

array=( `echo "$1"` )     # Convert passed arg to array.

while [ "$i" -lt "$cells" ]
do
  IsAlive "$1" $i ${array[$i]}   # Is cell alive?
  if [ $? -eq "$ALIVE" ]
  then                           #  If alive, then
    array[$i]=.                  #+ represent the cell as a period.
  else  
    array[$i]="_"                #  Otherwise underscore
   fi                            #+ (will later be converted to space).
  let "i += 1" 
done   


# let "generation += 1"          # Increment generation count.
# Why was the above line commented out?


# Set variable to pass as parameter to "display" function.
avar=`echo ${array[@]}`   # Convert array back to string variable.
display "$avar"           # Display it.
echo; echo
echo "Generation $generation  -  $alive alive"

if [ "$alive" -eq 0 ]
then
  echo
  echo "Unexpected exit: no more cells alive!"
  exit $NONE_ALIVE        #  No point in continuing
fi                        #+ if no live cells.

}


# =========================================================

# main ()

# Load initial array with contents of startup file.
initial=( `cat "$startfile" | sed -e '/#/d' | tr -d '\n' |\
sed -e 's/\./\. /g' -e 's/_/_ /g'` )
# Delete lines containing '#' comment character.
# Remove linefeeds and insert space between elements.

clear          # Clear screen.

echo #         Title
setterm -reverse on
echo "======================="
setterm -reverse off
echo "    $GENERATIONS generations"
echo "           of"
echo "\"Life in the Slow Lane\""
setterm -reverse on
echo "======================="
setterm -reverse off

sleep $DELAY   # Display "splash screen" for 2 seconds.


# -------- Display first generation. --------
Gen0=`echo ${initial[@]}`
display "$Gen0"           # Display only.
echo; echo
echo "Generation $generation  -  $alive alive"
sleep $DELAY
# -------------------------------------------


let "generation += 1"     # Bump generation count.
echo

# ------- Display second generation. -------
Cur=`echo ${initial[@]}`
next_gen "$Cur"          # Update & display.
sleep $DELAY
# ------------------------------------------

let "generation += 1"     # Increment generation count.

# ------ Main loop for displaying subsequent generations ------
while [ "$generation" -le "$GENERATIONS" ]
do
  Cur="$avar"
  next_gen "$Cur"
  let "generation += 1"
  sleep $DELAY
done
# ==============================================================

echo

exit 0   # CEOF:EOF



# The grid in this script has a "boundary problem."
# The the top, bottom, and sides border on a void of dead cells.
# Exercise: Change the script to have the grid wrap around,
# +         so that the left and right sides will "touch,"      
# +         as will the top and bottom.
#
# Exercise: Create a new "gen0" file to seed this script.
#           Use a 12 x 16 grid, instead of the original 10 x 10 one.
#           Make the necessary changes to the script,
#+          so it will run with the altered file.
#
# Exercise: Modify this script so that it can determine the grid size
#+          from the "gen0" file, and set any variables necessary
#+          for the script to run.
#           This would make unnecessary any changes to variables
#+          in the script for an altered grid size.
#
# Exercise: Optimize this script.
#           It has some redundant code.

Example A-11. Data file for Game of Life

# gen0
#
# This is an example "generation 0" start-up file for "life.sh".
# --------------------------------------------------------------
#  The "gen0" file is a 10 x 10 grid using a period (.) for live cells,
#+ and an underscore (_) for dead ones. We cannot simply use spaces
#+ for dead cells in this file because of a peculiarity in Bash arrays.
#  [Exercise for the reader: explain this.]
#
# Lines beginning with a '#' are comments, and the script ignores them.
__.__..___
___._.____
____.___..
_._______.
____._____
..__...___
____._____
___...____
__.._..___
_..___..__

+++

The following two scripts are by Mark Moraes of the University of Toronto. See the file Moraes-COPYRIGHT for permissions and restrictions. This file is included in the combined HTML/source tarball of the ABS Guide.

Example A-12. behead: Removing mail and news message headers

#! /bin/sh
# Strips off the header from a mail/News message i.e. till the first
# empty line.
# Author: Mark Moraes, University of Toronto
# See the included file "Moraes-COPYRIGHT" for copyright info.

# ==> These comments added by author of this document.

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
# ==> If no command-line args present, then works on file redirected to stdin.
	sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d'
	# --> Delete empty lines and all lines until 
	# --> first one beginning with white space.
else
# ==> If command-line args present, then work on files named.
	for i do
		sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d' $i
		# --> Ditto, as above.
	done
fi

# ==> Exercise: Add error checking and other options.
# ==>
# ==> Note that the small sed script repeats, except for the arg passed.
# ==> Does it make sense to embed it in a function? Why or why not?

Example A-13. ftpget: Downloading files via ftp

#! /bin/sh 
# $Id: ftpget,v 1.2 91/05/07 21:15:43 moraes Exp $ 
# Script to perform batch anonymous ftp. Essentially converts a list of
# of command-line arguments into input to ftp.
# ==> This script is nothing but a shell wrapper around "ftp" . . .
# Simple, and quick - written as a companion to ftplist 
# -h specifies the remote host (default prep.ai.mit.edu) 
# -d specifies the remote directory to cd to - you can provide a sequence 
# of -d options - they will be cd'ed to in turn. If the paths are relative, 
# make sure you get the sequence right. Be careful with relative paths - 
# there are far too many symlinks nowadays.  
# (default is the ftp login directory)
# -v turns on the verbose option of ftp, and shows all responses from the 
# ftp server.  
# -f remotefile[:localfile] gets the remote file into localfile 
# -m pattern does an mget with the specified pattern. Remember to quote 
# shell characters.  
# -c does a local cd to the specified directory
# For example, 
# 	ftpget -h expo.lcs.mit.edu -d contrib -f xplaces.shar:xplaces.sh \
#		-d ../pub/R3/fixes -c ~/fixes -m 'fix*' 
# will get xplaces.shar from ~ftp/contrib on expo.lcs.mit.edu, and put it
# in xplaces.sh in the current working directory, and get all fixes from
# ~ftp/pub/R3/fixes and put them in the ~/fixes directory. 
# Obviously, the sequence of the options is important, since the equivalent
# commands are executed by ftp in corresponding order
#
# Mark Moraes <moraes@csri.toronto.edu>, Feb 1, 1989 
#


# ==> These comments added by author of this document.

# PATH=/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin:/bin
# export PATH
# ==> Above 2 lines from original script probably superfluous.

E_BADARGS=65

TMPFILE=/tmp/ftp.$$
# ==> Creates temp file, using process id of script ($$)
# ==> to construct filename.

SITE=`domainname`.toronto.edu
# ==> 'domainname' similar to 'hostname'
# ==> May rewrite this to parameterize this for general use.

usage="Usage: $0 [-h remotehost] [-d remotedirectory]... \ 
[-f remfile:localfile]...  [-c localdirectory] [-m filepattern] [-v]"
ftpflags="-i -n"
verbflag=
set -f 		# So we can use globbing in -m
set x `getopt vh:d:c:m:f: $*`
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
	echo $usage
	exit $E_BADARGS
fi
shift
trap 'rm -f ${TMPFILE} ; exit' 0   1     2              3        15
# ==>                   Signals:   HUP   INT (Ctl-C)    QUIT     TERM
# ==> Delete tempfile in case of abnormal exit from script.
echo "user anonymous ${USER-gnu}@${SITE} > ${TMPFILE}"
# ==> Added quotes (recommended in complex echoes).
echo binary >> ${TMPFILE}
for i in $*   # ==> Parse command-line args.
do
	case $i in
	-v) verbflag=-v; echo hash >> ${TMPFILE}; shift;;
	-h) remhost=$2; shift 2;;
	-d) echo cd $2 >> ${TMPFILE}; 
	    if [ x${verbflag} != x ]; then
	        echo pwd >> ${TMPFILE};
	    fi;
	    shift 2;;
	-c) echo lcd $2 >> ${TMPFILE}; shift 2;;
	-m) echo mget "$2" >> ${TMPFILE}; shift 2;;
	-f) f1=`expr "$2" : "\([^:]*\).*"`; f2=`expr "$2" : "[^:]*:\(.*\)"`;
	    echo get ${f1} ${f2} >> ${TMPFILE}; shift 2;;
	--) shift; break;;
	esac
        # ==> 'lcd' and 'mget' are ftp commands. See "man ftp" . . .
done
if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
	echo $usage
	exit $E_BADARGS
        # ==> Changed from "exit 2" to conform with style standard.
fi
if [ x${verbflag} != x ]; then
	ftpflags="${ftpflags} -v"
fi
if [ x${remhost} = x ]; then
	remhost=prep.ai.mit.edu
	# ==> Change to match appropriate ftp site.
fi
echo quit >> ${TMPFILE}
# ==> All commands saved in tempfile.

ftp ${ftpflags} ${remhost} < ${TMPFILE}
# ==> Now, tempfile batch processed by ftp.

rm -f ${TMPFILE}
# ==> Finally, tempfile deleted (you may wish to copy it to a logfile).


# ==> Exercises:
# ==> ---------
# ==> 1) Add error checking.
# ==> 2) Add bells & whistles.

#  See the included file "Moraes-COPYRIGHT" for copyright info.
#+ on this script.

+

Antek Sawicki contributed the following script, which makes very clever use of the parameter substitution operators discussed in Section 9.3.

Example A-14. password: Generating random 8-character passwords

#!/bin/bash
# May need to be invoked with  #!/bin/bash2  on older machines.
#
#  Random password generator for Bash 2.x +
#+ by Antek Sawicki <tenox@tenox.tc>,
#+ who generously gave usage permission to the ABS Guide author.
#
# ==> Comments added by document author ==>


MATRIX="0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
# ==> Password will consist of alphanumeric characters.
LENGTH="8"
# ==> May change 'LENGTH' for longer password.


while [ "${n:=1}" -le "$LENGTH" ]
# ==> Recall that := is "default substitution" operator.
# ==> So, if 'n' has not been initialized, set it to 1.
do
	PASS="$PASS${MATRIX:$(($RANDOM%${#MATRIX})):1}"
	# ==> Very clever, but tricky.

	# ==> Starting from the innermost nesting...
	# ==> ${#MATRIX} returns length of array MATRIX.

	# ==> $RANDOM%${#MATRIX} returns random number between 1
	# ==> and [length of MATRIX] - 1.

	# ==> ${MATRIX:$(($RANDOM%${#MATRIX})):1}
	# ==> returns expansion of MATRIX at random position, by length 1. 
	# ==> See {var:pos:len} parameter substitution in Chapter 9.
	# ==> and the associated examples.

	# ==> PASS=... simply pastes this result onto previous PASS (concatenation).

	# ==> To visualize this more clearly, uncomment the following line
	#                 echo "$PASS"
	# ==> to see PASS being built up,
	# ==> one character at a time, each iteration of the loop.

	let n+=1
	# ==> Increment 'n' for next pass.
done

echo "$PASS"      # ==> Or, redirect to a file, as desired.

exit 0

+

James R. Van Zandt contributed this script which uses named pipes and, in his words, "really exercises quoting and escaping."

Example A-15. fifo: Making daily backups, using named pipes

#!/bin/bash
# ==> Script by James R. Van Zandt, and used here with his permission.

# ==> Comments added by author of this document.

  
  HERE=`uname -n`    # ==> hostname
  THERE=bilbo
  echo "starting remote backup to $THERE at `date +%r`"
  # ==> `date +%r` returns time in 12-hour format, i.e. "08:08:34 PM".
  
  # make sure /pipe really is a pipe and not a plain file
  rm -rf /pipe
  mkfifo /pipe       # ==> Create a "named pipe", named "/pipe" ...
  
  # ==> 'su xyz' runs commands as user "xyz".
  # ==> 'ssh' invokes secure shell (remote login client).
  su xyz -c "ssh $THERE \"cat > /home/xyz/backup/${HERE}-daily.tar.gz\" < /pipe"&
  cd /
  tar -czf - bin boot dev etc home info lib man root sbin share usr var > /pipe
  # ==> Uses named pipe, /pipe, to communicate between processes:
  # ==> 'tar/gzip' writes to /pipe and 'ssh' reads from /pipe.

  # ==> The end result is this backs up the main directories, from / on down.

  # ==>  What are the advantages of a "named pipe" in this situation,
  # ==>+ as opposed to an "anonymous pipe", with |?
  # ==>  Will an anonymous pipe even work here?

  # ==>  Is it necessary to delete the pipe before exiting the script?
  # ==>  How could that be done?


  exit 0

+

Stéphane Chazelas used the following script to demonstrate generating prime numbers without arrays.

Example A-16. Generating prime numbers using the modulo operator

#!/bin/bash
# primes.sh: Generate prime numbers, without using arrays.
# Script contributed by Stephane Chazelas.

#  This does *not* use the classic "Sieve of Eratosthenes" algorithm,
#+ but instead the more intuitive method of testing each candidate number
#+ for factors (divisors), using the "%" modulo operator.


LIMIT=1000                    # Primes, 2 ... 1000.

Primes()
{
 (( n = $1 + 1 ))             # Bump to next integer.
 shift                        # Next parameter in list.
#  echo "_n=$n i=$i_"
 
 if (( n == LIMIT ))
 then echo $*
 return
 fi

 for i; do                    # "i" set to "@", previous values of $n.
#   echo "-n=$n i=$i-"
   (( i * i > n )) && break   # Optimization.
   (( n % i )) && continue    # Sift out non-primes using modulo operator.
   Primes $n $@               # Recursion inside loop.
   return
   done

   Primes $n $@ $n            #  Recursion outside loop.
                              #  Successively accumulate
			      #+ positional parameters.
                              #  "$@" is the accumulating list of primes.
}

Primes 1

exit $?

# Pipe output of the script to 'fmt' for prettier printing.

#  Uncomment lines 16 and 24 to help figure out what is going on.

#  Compare the speed of this algorithm for generating primes
#+ with the Sieve of Eratosthenes (ex68.sh).


#  Exercise: Rewrite this script without recursion.

+

Rick Boivie's revision of Jordi Sanfeliu's tree script.

Example A-17. tree: Displaying a directory tree

#!/bin/bash
# tree.sh

#  Written by Rick Boivie.
#  Used with permission.
#  This is a revised and simplified version of a script
#+ by Jordi Sanfeliu (the original author), and patched by Ian Kjos.
#  This script replaces the earlier version used in
#+ previous releases of the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide.
#  Copyright (c) 2002, by Jordi Sanfeliu, Rick Boivie, and Ian Kjos.

# ==> Comments added by the author of this document.


search () {
for dir in `echo *`
#  ==> `echo *` lists all the files in current working directory,
#+ ==> without line breaks.
#  ==> Similar effect to for dir in *
#  ==> but "dir in `echo *`" will not handle filenames with blanks.
do
  if [ -d "$dir" ] ; then # ==> If it is a directory (-d)...
  zz=0                    # ==> Temp variable, keeping track of
                          #     directory level.
  while [ $zz != $1 ]     # Keep track of inner nested loop.
    do
      echo -n "| "        # ==> Display vertical connector symbol,
                          # ==> with 2 spaces & no line feed
                          #     in order to indent.
      zz=`expr $zz + 1`   # ==> Increment zz.
    done

    if [ -L "$dir" ] ; then # ==> If directory is a symbolic link...
      echo "+---$dir" `ls -l $dir | sed 's/^.*'$dir' //'`
      # ==> Display horiz. connector and list directory name, but...
      # ==> delete date/time part of long listing.
    else
      echo "+---$dir"       # ==> Display horizontal connector symbol...
      # ==> and print directory name.
      numdirs=`expr $numdirs + 1` # ==> Increment directory count.
      if cd "$dir" ; then         # ==> If can move to subdirectory...
        search `expr $1 + 1`      # with recursion ;-)
        # ==> Function calls itself.
        cd ..
      fi
    fi
  fi
done
}

if [ $# != 0 ] ; then
  cd $1   # Move to indicated directory.
  #else   # stay in current directory
fi

echo "Initial directory = `pwd`"
numdirs=0

search 0
echo "Total directories = $numdirs"

exit 0

Patsie's version of a directory tree script.

Example A-18. tree2: Alternate directory tree script

#!/bin/bash
# tree2.sh

# Lightly modified/reformatted by ABS Guide author.
# Included in ABS Guide with permission of script author (thanks!).

## Recursive file/dirsize checking script, by Patsie
##
## This script builds a list of files/directories and their size (du -akx)
## and processes this list to a human readable tree shape
## The 'du -akx' is only as good as the permissions the owner has.
## So preferably run as root* to get the best results, or use only on
## directories for which you have read permissions. Anything you can't
## read is not in the list.

#* ABS Guide author advises caution when running scripts as root!


##########  THIS IS CONFIGURABLE  ##########

TOP=5                   # Top 5 biggest (sub)directories.
MAXRECURS=5             # Max 5 subdirectories/recursions deep.
E_BL=80                 # Blank line already returned.
E_DIR=81                # Directory not specified.


##########  DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE  ##########

PID=$$                            # Our own process ID.
SELF=`basename $0`                # Our own program name.
TMP="/tmp/${SELF}.${PID}.tmp"     # Temporary 'du' result.

# Convert number to dotted thousand.
function dot { echo "            $*" |
               sed -e :a -e 's/\(.*[0-9]\)\([0-9]\{3\}\)/\1,\2/;ta' |
               tail -c 12; }

# Usage: tree <recursion> <indent prefix> <min size> <directory>
function tree {
  recurs="$1"           # How deep nested are we?
  prefix="$2"           # What do we display before file/dirname?
  minsize="$3"          # What is the minumum file/dirsize?
  dirname="$4"          # Which directory are we checking?

# Get ($TOP) biggest subdirs/subfiles from TMP file.
  LIST=`egrep "[[:space:]]${dirname}/[^/]*$" "$TMP" |
        awk '{if($1>'$minsize') print;}' | sort -nr | head -$TOP`
  [ -z "$LIST" ] && return        # Empty list, then go back.

  cnt=0
  num=`echo "$LIST" | wc -l`      # How many entries in the list.

  ## Main loop
  echo "$LIST" | while read size name; do
    ((cnt+=1))		          # Count entry number.
    bname=`basename "$name"`      # We only need a basename of the entry.
    [ -d "$name" ] && bname="$bname/"
                                  # If it's a directory, append a slash.
    echo "`dot $size`$prefix +-$bname"
                                  # Display the result.
    #  Call ourself recursively if it's a directory
    #+ and we're not nested too deep ($MAXRECURS).
    #  The recursion goes up: $((recurs+1))
    #  The prefix gets a space if it's the last entry,
    #+ or a pipe if there are more entries.
    #  The minimum file/dirsize becomes
    #+ a tenth of his parent: $((size/10)).
    # Last argument is the full directory name to check.
    if [ -d "$name" -a $recurs -lt $MAXRECURS ]; then
      [ $cnt -lt $num ] \
        || (tree $((recurs+1)) "$prefix  " $((size/10)) "$name") \
        && (tree $((recurs+1)) "$prefix |" $((size/10)) "$name")
    fi
  done

  [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "           $prefix"
  # Every time we jump back add a 'blank' line.
  return $E_BL
  # We return 80 to tell we added a blank line already.
}

###                ###
###  main program  ###
###                ###

rootdir="$@"
[ -d "$rootdir" ] ||
  { echo "$SELF: Usage: $SELF <directory>" >&2; exit $E_DIR; }
  # We should be called with a directory name.

echo "Building inventory list, please wait ..."
     # Show "please wait" message.
du -akx "$rootdir" 1>"$TMP" 2>/dev/null
     # Build a temporary list of all files/dirs and their size.
size=`tail -1 "$TMP" | awk '{print $1}'`
     # What is our rootdirectory's size?
echo "`dot $size` $rootdir"
     # Display rootdirectory's entry.
tree 0 "" 0 "$rootdir"
     # Display the tree below our rootdirectory.

rm "$TMP" 2>/dev/null
     # Clean up TMP file.

exit $?

Noah Friedman permitted use of his string function script. It essentially reproduces some of the C-library string manipulation functions.

Example A-19. string functions: C-style string functions

#!/bin/bash

# string.bash --- bash emulation of string(3) library routines
# Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
# ==>     Used with his kind permission in this document.
# Created: 1992-07-01
# Last modified: 1993-09-29
# Public domain

# Conversion to bash v2 syntax done by Chet Ramey

# Commentary:
# Code:

#:docstring strcat:
# Usage: strcat s1 s2
#
# Strcat appends the value of variable s2 to variable s1. 
#
# Example:
#    a="foo"
#    b="bar"
#    strcat a b
#    echo $a
#    => foobar
#
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload   ==> Autoloading of function commented out.
function strcat ()
{
    local s1_val s2_val

    s1_val=${!1}                        # indirect variable expansion
    s2_val=${!2}
    eval "$1"=\'"${s1_val}${s2_val}"\'
    # ==> eval $1='${s1_val}${s2_val}' avoids problems,
    # ==> if one of the variables contains a single quote.
}

#:docstring strncat:
# Usage: strncat s1 s2 $n
# 
# Line strcat, but strncat appends a maximum of n characters from the value
# of variable s2.  It copies fewer if the value of variabl s2 is shorter
# than n characters.  Echoes result on stdout.
#
# Example:
#    a=foo
#    b=barbaz
#    strncat a b 3
#    echo $a
#    => foobar
#
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strncat ()
{
    local s1="$1"
    local s2="$2"
    local -i n="$3"
    local s1_val s2_val

    s1_val=${!s1}                       # ==> indirect variable expansion
    s2_val=${!s2}

    if [ ${#s2_val} -gt ${n} ]; then
       s2_val=${s2_val:0:$n}            # ==> substring extraction
    fi

    eval "$s1"=\'"${s1_val}${s2_val}"\'
    # ==> eval $1='${s1_val}${s2_val}' avoids problems,
    # ==> if one of the variables contains a single quote.
}

#:docstring strcmp:
# Usage: strcmp $s1 $s2
#
# Strcmp compares its arguments and returns an integer less than, equal to,
# or greater than zero, depending on whether string s1 is lexicographically
# less than, equal to, or greater than string s2.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strcmp ()
{
    [ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 0

    [ "${1}" '<' "${2}" ] > /dev/null && return -1

    return 1
}

#:docstring strncmp:
# Usage: strncmp $s1 $s2 $n
# 
# Like strcmp, but makes the comparison by examining a maximum of n
# characters (n less than or equal to zero yields equality).
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strncmp ()
{
    if [ -z "${3}" -o "${3}" -le "0" ]; then
       return 0
    fi
   
    if [ ${3} -ge ${#1} -a ${3} -ge ${#2} ]; then
       strcmp "$1" "$2"
       return $?
    else
       s1=${1:0:$3}
       s2=${2:0:$3}
       strcmp $s1 $s2
       return $?
    fi
}

#:docstring strlen:
# Usage: strlen s
#
# Strlen returns the number of characters in string literal s.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strlen ()
{
    eval echo "\${#${1}}"
    # ==> Returns the length of the value of the variable
    # ==> whose name is passed as an argument.
}

#:docstring strspn:
# Usage: strspn $s1 $s2
# 
# Strspn returns the length of the maximum initial segment of string s1,
# which consists entirely of characters from string s2.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strspn ()
{
    # Unsetting IFS allows whitespace to be handled as normal chars. 
    local IFS=
    local result="${1%%[!${2}]*}"
 
    echo ${#result}
}

#:docstring strcspn:
# Usage: strcspn $s1 $s2
#
# Strcspn returns the length of the maximum initial segment of string s1,
# which consists entirely of characters not from string s2.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strcspn ()
{
    # Unsetting IFS allows whitspace to be handled as normal chars. 
    local IFS=
    local result="${1%%[${2}]*}"
 
    echo ${#result}
}

#:docstring strstr:
# Usage: strstr s1 s2
# 
# Strstr echoes a substring starting at the first occurrence of string s2 in
# string s1, or nothing if s2 does not occur in the string.  If s2 points to
# a string of zero length, strstr echoes s1.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strstr ()
{
    # if s2 points to a string of zero length, strstr echoes s1
    [ ${#2} -eq 0 ] && { echo "$1" ; return 0; }

    # strstr echoes nothing if s2 does not occur in s1
    case "$1" in
    *$2*) ;;
    *) return 1;;
    esac

    # use the pattern matching code to strip off the match and everything
    # following it
    first=${1/$2*/}

    # then strip off the first unmatched portion of the string
    echo "${1##$first}"
}

#:docstring strtok:
# Usage: strtok s1 s2
#
# Strtok considers the string s1 to consist of a sequence of zero or more
# text tokens separated by spans of one or more characters from the
# separator string s2.  The first call (with a non-empty string s1
# specified) echoes a string consisting of the first token on stdout. The
# function keeps track of its position in the string s1 between separate
# calls, so that subsequent calls made with the first argument an empty
# string will work through the string immediately following that token.  In
# this way subsequent calls will work through the string s1 until no tokens
# remain.  The separator string s2 may be different from call to call.
# When no token remains in s1, an empty value is echoed on stdout.
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strtok ()
{
 :
}

#:docstring strtrunc:
# Usage: strtrunc $n $s1 {$s2} {$...}
#
# Used by many functions like strncmp to truncate arguments for comparison.
# Echoes the first n characters of each string s1 s2 ... on stdout. 
#:end docstring:

###;;;autoload
function strtrunc ()
{
    n=$1 ; shift
    for z; do
        echo "${z:0:$n}"
    done
}

# provide string

# string.bash ends here


# ========================================================================== #
# ==> Everything below here added by the document author.

# ==> Suggested use of this script is to delete everything below here,
# ==> and "source" this file into your own scripts.

# strcat
string0=one
string1=two
echo
echo "Testing \"strcat\" function:"
echo "Original \"string0\" = $string0"
echo "\"string1\" = $string1"
strcat string0 string1
echo "New \"string0\" = $string0"
echo

# strlen
echo
echo "Testing \"strlen\" function:"
str=123456789
echo "\"str\" = $str"
echo -n "Length of \"str\" = "
strlen str
echo



# Exercise:
# --------
# Add code to test all the other string functions above.


exit 0

Michael Zick's complex array example uses the md5sum check sum command to encode directory information.

Example A-20. Directory information

#! /bin/bash
# directory-info.sh
# Parses and lists directory information.

# NOTE: Change lines 273 and 353 per "README" file.

# Michael Zick is the author of this script.
# Used here with his permission.

# Controls
# If overridden by command arguments, they must be in the order:
#   Arg1: "Descriptor Directory"
#   Arg2: "Exclude Paths"
#   Arg3: "Exclude Directories"
#
# Environment Settings override Defaults.
# Command arguments override Environment Settings.

# Default location for content addressed file descriptors.
MD5UCFS=${1:-${MD5UCFS:-'/tmpfs/ucfs'}}

# Directory paths never to list or enter
declare -a \
  EXCLUDE_PATHS=${2:-${EXCLUDE_PATHS:-'(/proc /dev /devfs /tmpfs)'}}

# Directories never to list or enter
declare -a \
  EXCLUDE_DIRS=${3:-${EXCLUDE_DIRS:-'(ucfs lost+found tmp wtmp)'}}

# Files never to list or enter
declare -a \
  EXCLUDE_FILES=${3:-${EXCLUDE_FILES:-'(core "Name with Spaces")'}}


# Here document used as a comment block.
: <<LSfieldsDoc
# # # # # List Filesystem Directory Information # # # # #
#
#	ListDirectory "FileGlob" "Field-Array-Name"
# or
#	ListDirectory -of "FileGlob" "Field-Array-Filename"
#	'-of' meaning 'output to filename'
# # # # #

String format description based on: ls (GNU fileutils) version 4.0.36

Produces a line (or more) formatted:
inode permissions hard-links owner group ...
32736 -rw-------    1 mszick   mszick

size    day month date hh:mm:ss year path
2756608 Sun Apr 20 08:53:06 2003 /home/mszick/core

Unless it is formatted:
inode permissions hard-links owner group ...
266705 crw-rw----    1    root  uucp

major minor day month date hh:mm:ss year path
4,  68 Sun Apr 20 09:27:33 2003 /dev/ttyS4
NOTE: that pesky comma after the major number

NOTE: the 'path' may be multiple fields:
/home/mszick/core
/proc/982/fd/0 -> /dev/null
/proc/982/fd/1 -> /home/mszick/.xsession-errors
/proc/982/fd/13 -> /tmp/tmpfZVVOCs (deleted)
/proc/982/fd/7 -> /tmp/kde-mszick/ksycoca
/proc/982/fd/8 -> socket:[11586]
/proc/982/fd/9 -> pipe:[11588]

If that isn't enough to keep your parser guessing,
either or both of the path components may be relative:
../Built-Shared -> Built-Static
../linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 -> ../../../SRCS/linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2

The first character of the 11 (10?) character permissions field:
's' Socket
'd' Directory
'b' Block device
'c' Character device
'l' Symbolic link
NOTE: Hard links not marked - test for identical inode numbers
on identical filesystems.
All information about hard linked files are shared, except
for the names and the name's location in the directory system.
NOTE: A "Hard link" is known as a "File Alias" on some systems.
'-' An undistingushed file

Followed by three groups of letters for: User, Group, Others
Character 1: '-' Not readable; 'r' Readable
Character 2: '-' Not writable; 'w' Writable
Character 3, User and Group: Combined execute and special
'-' Not Executable, Not Special
'x' Executable, Not Special
's' Executable, Special
'S' Not Executable, Special
Character 3, Others: Combined execute and sticky (tacky?)
'-' Not Executable, Not Tacky
'x' Executable, Not Tacky
't' Executable, Tacky
'T' Not Executable, Tacky

Followed by an access indicator
Haven't tested this one, it may be the eleventh character
or it may generate another field
' ' No alternate access
'+' Alternate access
LSfieldsDoc


ListDirectory()
{
	local -a T
	local -i of=0		# Default return in variable
#	OLD_IFS=$IFS		# Using BASH default ' \t\n'

	case "$#" in
	3)	case "$1" in
		-of)	of=1 ; shift ;;
		 * )	return 1 ;;
		esac ;;
	2)	: ;;		# Poor man's "continue"
	*)	return 1 ;;
	esac

	# NOTE: the (ls) command is NOT quoted (")
	T=( $(ls --inode --ignore-backups --almost-all --directory \
	--full-time --color=none --time=status --sort=none \
	--format=long $1) )

	case $of in
	# Assign T back to the array whose name was passed as $2
		0) eval $2=\( \"\$\{T\[@\]\}\" \) ;;
	# Write T into filename passed as $2
		1) echo "${T[@]}" > "$2" ;;
	esac
	return 0
   }

# # # # # Is that string a legal number? # # # # #
#
#	IsNumber "Var"
# # # # # There has to be a better way, sigh...

IsNumber()
{
	local -i int
	if [ $# -eq 0 ]
	then
		return 1
	else
		(let int=$1)  2>/dev/null
		return $?	# Exit status of the let thread
	fi
}

# # # # # Index Filesystem Directory Information # # # # #
#
#	IndexList "Field-Array-Name" "Index-Array-Name"
# or
#	IndexList -if Field-Array-Filename Index-Array-Name
#	IndexList -of Field-Array-Name Index-Array-Filename
#	IndexList -if -of Field-Array-Filename Index-Array-Filename
# # # # #

: <<IndexListDoc
Walk an array of directory fields produced by ListDirectory

Having suppressed the line breaks in an otherwise line oriented
report, build an index to the array element which starts each line.

Each line gets two index entries, the first element of each line
(inode) and the element that holds the pathname of the file.

The first index entry pair (Line-Number==0) are informational:
Index-Array-Name[0] : Number of "Lines" indexed
Index-Array-Name[1] : "Current Line" pointer into Index-Array-Name

The following index pairs (if any) hold element indexes into
the Field-Array-Name per:
Index-Array-Name[Line-Number * 2] : The "inode" field element.
NOTE: This distance may be either +11 or +12 elements.
Index-Array-Name[(Line-Number * 2) + 1] : The "pathname" element.
NOTE: This distance may be a variable number of elements.
Next line index pair for Line-Number+1.
IndexListDoc



IndexList()
{
	local -a LIST			# Local of listname passed
	local -a -i INDEX=( 0 0 )	# Local of index to return
	local -i Lidx Lcnt
	local -i if=0 of=0		# Default to variable names

	case "$#" in			# Simplistic option testing
		0) return 1 ;;
		1) return 1 ;;
		2) : ;;			# Poor man's continue
		3) case "$1" in
			-if) if=1 ;;
			-of) of=1 ;;
			 * ) return 1 ;;
		   esac ; shift ;;
		4) if=1 ; of=1 ; shift ; shift ;;
		*) return 1
	esac

	# Make local copy of list
	case "$if" in
		0) eval LIST=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \) ;;
		1) LIST=( $(cat $1) ) ;;
	esac

	# Grok (grope?) the array
	Lcnt=${#LIST[@]}
	Lidx=0
	until (( Lidx >= Lcnt ))
	do
	if IsNumber ${LIST[$Lidx]}
	then
		local -i inode name
		local ft
		inode=Lidx
		local m=${LIST[$Lidx+2]}	# Hard Links field
		ft=${LIST[$Lidx+1]:0:1} 	# Fast-Stat
		case $ft in
		b)	((Lidx+=12)) ;;		# Block device
		c)	((Lidx+=12)) ;;		# Character device
		*)	((Lidx+=11)) ;;		# Anything else
		esac
		name=Lidx
		case $ft in
		-)	((Lidx+=1)) ;;		# The easy one
		b)	((Lidx+=1)) ;;		# Block device
		c)	((Lidx+=1)) ;;		# Character device
		d)	((Lidx+=1)) ;;		# The other easy one
		l)	((Lidx+=3)) ;;		# At LEAST two more fields
#  A little more elegance here would handle pipes,
#+ sockets, deleted files - later.
		*)	until IsNumber ${LIST[$Lidx]} || ((Lidx >= Lcnt))
			do
				((Lidx+=1))
			done
			;;			# Not required
		esac
		INDEX[${#INDEX[*]}]=$inode
		INDEX[${#INDEX[*]}]=$name
		INDEX[0]=${INDEX[0]}+1		# One more "line" found
# echo "Line: ${INDEX[0]} Type: $ft Links: $m Inode: \
# ${LIST[$inode]} Name: ${LIST[$name]}"

	else
		((Lidx+=1))
	fi
	done
	case "$of" in
		0) eval $2=\( \"\$\{INDEX\[@\]\}\" \) ;;
		1) echo "${INDEX[@]}" > "$2" ;;
	esac
	return 0				# What could go wrong?
}

# # # # # Content Identify File # # # # #
#
#	DigestFile Input-Array-Name Digest-Array-Name
# or
#	DigestFile -if Input-FileName Digest-Array-Name
# # # # #

# Here document used as a comment block.
: <<DigestFilesDoc

The key (no pun intended) to a Unified Content File System (UCFS)
is to distinguish the files in the system based on their content.
Distinguishing files by their name is just, so, 20th Century.

The content is distinguished by computing a checksum of that content.
This version uses the md5sum program to generate a 128 bit checksum
representative of the file's contents.
There is a chance that two files having different content might
generate the same checksum using md5sum (or any checksum).  Should
that become a problem, then the use of md5sum can be replace by a
cyrptographic signature.  But until then...

The md5sum program is documented as outputting three fields (and it
does), but when read it appears as two fields (array elements).  This
is caused by the lack of whitespace between the second and third field.
So this function gropes the md5sum output and returns:
	[0]	32 character checksum in hexidecimal (UCFS filename)
	[1]	Single character: ' ' text file, '*' binary file
	[2]	Filesystem (20th Century Style) name
	Note: That name may be the character '-' indicating STDIN read.

DigestFilesDoc



DigestFile()
{
	local if=0		# Default, variable name
	local -a T1 T2

	case "$#" in
	3)	case "$1" in
		-if)	if=1 ; shift ;;
		 * )	return 1 ;;
		esac ;;
	2)	: ;;		# Poor man's "continue"
	*)	return 1 ;;
	esac

	case $if in
	0) eval T1=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \)
	   T2=( $(echo ${T1[@]} | md5sum -) )
	   ;;
	1) T2=( $(md5sum $1) )
	   ;;
	esac

	case ${#T2[@]} in
	0) return 1 ;;
	1) return 1 ;;
	2) case ${T2[1]:0:1} in		# SanScrit-2.0.5
	   \*) T2[${#T2[@]}]=${T2[1]:1}
	       T2[1]=\*
	       ;;
	    *) T2[${#T2[@]}]=${T2[1]}
	       T2[1]=" "
	       ;;
	   esac
	   ;;
	3) : ;; # Assume it worked
	*) return 1 ;;
	esac

	local -i len=${#T2[0]}
	if [ $len -ne 32 ] ; then return 1 ; fi
	eval $2=\( \"\$\{T2\[@\]\}\" \)
}

# # # # # Locate File # # # # #
#
#	LocateFile [-l] FileName Location-Array-Name
# or
#	LocateFile [-l] -of FileName Location-Array-FileName
# # # # #

# A file location is Filesystem-id and inode-number

# Here document used as a comment block.
: <<StatFieldsDoc
	Based on stat, version 2.2
	stat -t and stat -lt fields
	[0]	name
	[1]	Total size
		File - number of bytes
		Symbolic link - string length of pathname
	[2]	Number of (512 byte) blocks allocated
	[3]	File type and Access rights (hex)
	[4]	User ID of owner
	[5]	Group ID of owner
	[6]	Device number
	[7]	Inode number
	[8]	Number of hard links
	[9]	Device type (if inode device) Major
	[10]	Device type (if inode device) Minor
	[11]	Time of last access
		May be disabled in 'mount' with noatime
		atime of files changed by exec, read, pipe, utime, mknod (mmap?)
		atime of directories changed by addition/deletion of files
	[12]	Time of last modification
		mtime of files changed by write, truncate, utime, mknod
		mtime of directories changed by addtition/deletion of files
	[13]	Time of last change
		ctime reflects time of changed inode information (owner, group
		permissions, link count
-*-*- Per:
	Return code: 0
	Size of array: 14
	Contents of array
	Element 0: /home/mszick
	Element 1: 4096
	Element 2: 8
	Element 3: 41e8
	Element 4: 500
	Element 5: 500
	Element 6: 303
	Element 7: 32385
	Element 8: 22
	Element 9: 0
	Element 10: 0
	Element 11: 1051221030
	Element 12: 1051214068
	Element 13: 1051214068

	For a link in the form of linkname -> realname
	stat -t  linkname returns the linkname (link) information
	stat -lt linkname returns the realname information

	stat -tf and stat -ltf fields
	[0]	name
	[1]	ID-0?		# Maybe someday, but Linux stat structure
	[2]	ID-0?		# does not have either LABEL nor UUID
				# fields, currently information must come
				# from file-system specific utilities
	These will be munged into:
	[1]	UUID if possible
	[2]	Volume Label if possible
	Note: 'mount -l' does return the label and could return the UUID

	[3]	Maximum length of filenames
	[4]	Filesystem type
	[5]	Total blocks in the filesystem
	[6]	Free blocks
	[7]	Free blocks for non-root user(s)
	[8]	Block size of the filesystem
	[9]	Total inodes
	[10]	Free inodes

-*-*- Per:
	Return code: 0
	Size of array: 11
	Contents of array
	Element 0: /home/mszick
	Element 1: 0
	Element 2: 0
	Element 3: 255
	Element 4: ef53
	Element 5: 2581445
	Element 6: 2277180
	Element 7: 2146050
	Element 8: 4096
	Element 9: 1311552
	Element 10: 1276425

StatFieldsDoc


#	LocateFile [-l] FileName Location-Array-Name
#	LocateFile [-l] -of FileName Location-Array-FileName

LocateFile()
{
	local -a LOC LOC1 LOC2
	local lk="" of=0

	case "$#" in
	0) return 1 ;;
	1) return 1 ;;
	2) : ;;
	*) while (( "$#" > 2 ))
	   do
	      case "$1" in
	       -l) lk=-1 ;;
	      -of) of=1 ;;
	        *) return 1 ;;
	      esac
	   shift
           done ;;
	esac

# More Sanscrit-2.0.5
      # LOC1=( $(stat -t $lk $1) )
      # LOC2=( $(stat -tf $lk $1) )
      # Uncomment above two lines if system has "stat" command installed.
	LOC=( ${LOC1[@]:0:1} ${LOC1[@]:3:11}
	      ${LOC2[@]:1:2} ${LOC2[@]:4:1} )

	case "$of" in
		0) eval $2=\( \"\$\{LOC\[@\]\}\" \) ;;
		1) echo "${LOC[@]}" > "$2" ;;
	esac
	return 0
# Which yields (if you are lucky, and have "stat" installed)
# -*-*- Location Discriptor -*-*-
#	Return code: 0
#	Size of array: 15
#	Contents of array
#	Element 0: /home/mszick		20th Century name
#	Element 1: 41e8			Type and Permissions
#	Element 2: 500			User
#	Element 3: 500			Group
#	Element 4: 303			Device
#	Element 5: 32385		inode
#	Element 6: 22			Link count
#	Element 7: 0			Device Major
#	Element 8: 0			Device Minor
#	Element 9: 1051224608		Last Access
#	Element 10: 1051214068		Last Modify
#	Element 11: 1051214068		Last Status
#	Element 12: 0			UUID (to be)
#	Element 13: 0			Volume Label (to be)
#	Element 14: ef53		Filesystem type
}



# And then there was some test code

ListArray() # ListArray Name
{
	local -a Ta

	eval Ta=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \)
	echo
	echo "-*-*- List of Array -*-*-"
	echo "Size of array $1: ${#Ta[*]}"
	echo "Contents of array $1:"
	for (( i=0 ; i<${#Ta[*]} ; i++ ))
	do
	    echo -e "\tElement $i: ${Ta[$i]}"
	done
	return 0
}

declare -a CUR_DIR
# For small arrays
ListDirectory "${PWD}" CUR_DIR
ListArray CUR_DIR

declare -a DIR_DIG
DigestFile CUR_DIR DIR_DIG
echo "The new \"name\" (checksum) for ${CUR_DIR[9]} is ${DIR_DIG[0]}"

declare -a DIR_ENT
# BIG_DIR # For really big arrays - use a temporary file in ramdisk
# BIG-DIR # ListDirectory -of "${CUR_DIR[11]}/*" "/tmpfs/junk2"
ListDirectory "${CUR_DIR[11]}/*" DIR_ENT

declare -a DIR_IDX
# BIG-DIR # IndexList -if "/tmpfs/junk2" DIR_IDX
IndexList DIR_ENT DIR_IDX

declare -a IDX_DIG
# BIG-DIR # DIR_ENT=( $(cat /tmpfs/junk2) )
# BIG-DIR # DigestFile -if /tmpfs/junk2 IDX_DIG
DigestFile DIR_ENT IDX_DIG
# Small (should) be able to parallize IndexList & DigestFile
# Large (should) be able to parallize IndexList & DigestFile & the assignment
echo "The \"name\" (checksum) for the contents of ${PWD} is ${IDX_DIG[0]}"

declare -a FILE_LOC
LocateFile ${PWD} FILE_LOC
ListArray FILE_LOC

exit 0

Stéphane Chazelas demonstrates object-oriented programming in a Bash script.

Example A-21. Object-oriented database

#!/bin/bash
# obj-oriented.sh: Object-oriented programming in a shell script.
# Script by Stephane Chazelas.

#  Important Note:
#  --------- ----
#  If running this script under version 3 or later of Bash,
#+ replace all periods in function names with a "legal" character,
#+ for example, an underscore.


person.new()        # Looks almost like a class declaration in C++.
{
  local obj_name=$1 name=$2 firstname=$3 birthdate=$4

  eval "$obj_name.set_name() {
          eval \"$obj_name.get_name() {
                   echo \$1
                 }\"
        }"

  eval "$obj_name.set_firstname() {
          eval \"$obj_name.get_firstname() {
                   echo \$1
                 }\"
        }"

  eval "$obj_name.set_birthdate() {
          eval \"$obj_name.get_birthdate() {
            echo \$1
          }\"
          eval \"$obj_name.show_birthdate() {
            echo \$(date -d \"1/1/1970 0:0:\$1 GMT\")
          }\"
          eval \"$obj_name.get_age() {
            echo \$(( (\$(date +%s) - \$1) / 3600 / 24 / 365 ))
          }\"
        }"

  $obj_name.set_name $name
  $obj_name.set_firstname $firstname
  $obj_name.set_birthdate $birthdate
}

echo

person.new self Bozeman Bozo 101272413
# Create an instance of "person.new" (actually passing args to the function).

self.get_firstname       #   Bozo
self.get_name            #   Bozeman
self.get_age             #   28
self.get_birthdate       #   101272413
self.show_birthdate      #   Sat Mar 17 20:13:33 MST 1973

echo

#  typeset -f
#+ to see the created functions (careful, it scrolls off the page).

exit 0

Mariusz Gniazdowski contributed a hash library for use in scripts.

Example A-22. Library of hash functions

# Hash:
# Hash function library
# Author: Mariusz Gniazdowski <mariusz.gn-at-gmail.com>
# Date: 2005-04-07

# Functions making emulating hashes in Bash a little less painful.


#    Limitations:
#  * Only global variables are supported.
#  * Each hash instance generates one global variable per value.
#  * Variable names collisions are possible
#+   if you define variable like __hash__hashname_key
#  * Keys must use chars that can be part of a Bash variable name
#+   (no dashes, periods, etc.).
#  * The hash is created as a variable:
#    ... hashname_keyname
#    So if somone will create hashes like:
#      myhash_ + mykey = myhash__mykey
#      myhash + _mykey = myhash__mykey
#    Then there will be a collision.
#    (This should not pose a major problem.)


Hash_config_varname_prefix=__hash__


# Emulates:  hash[key]=value
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3 - value
function hash_set {
	eval "${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}=\"${3}\""
}


# Emulates:  value=hash[key]
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3 - value (name of global variable to set)
function hash_get_into {
	eval "$3=\"\$${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}\""
}


# Emulates:  echo hash[key]
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3 - echo params (like -n, for example)
function hash_echo {
	eval "echo $3 \"\$${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}\""
}


# Emulates:  hash1[key1]=hash2[key2]
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash1
# 2 - key1
# 3 - hash2
# 4 - key2
function hash_copy {
eval "${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}\
=\"\$${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${3}_${4}\""
}


# Emulates:  hash[keyN-1]=hash[key2]=...hash[key1]
#
# Copies first key to rest of keys.
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash1
# 2 - key1
# 3 - key2
# . . .
# N - keyN
function hash_dup {
  local hashName="$1" keyName="$2"
  shift 2
  until [ ${#} -le 0 ]; do
    eval "${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${hashName}_${1}\
=\"\$${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${hashName}_${keyName}\""
  shift;
  done;
}


# Emulates:  unset hash[key]
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
function hash_unset {
	eval "unset ${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}"
}


# Emulates something similar to:  ref=&hash[key]
#
# The reference is name of the variable in which value is held.
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3 - ref - Name of global variable to set.
function hash_get_ref_into {
	eval "$3=\"${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}\""
}


# Emulates something similar to:  echo &hash[key]
#
# That reference is name of variable in which value is held.
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3 - echo params (like -n for example)
function hash_echo_ref {
	eval "echo $3 \"${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}\""
}



# Emulates something similar to:  $$hash[key](param1, param2, ...)
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# 3,4, ... - Function parameters
function hash_call {
  local hash key
  hash=$1
  key=$2
  shift 2
  eval "eval \"\$${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${hash}_${key} \\\"\\\$@\\\"\""
}


# Emulates something similar to:  isset(hash[key]) or hash[key]==NULL
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - key
# Returns:
# 0 - there is such key
# 1 - there is no such key
function hash_is_set {
  eval "if [[ \"\${${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}-a}\" = \"a\" && 
  \"\${${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_${2}-b}\" = \"b\" ]]
    then return 1; else return 0; fi"
}


# Emulates something similar to:
#   foreach($hash as $key => $value) { fun($key,$value); }
#
# It is possible to write different variations of this function.
# Here we use a function call to make it as "generic" as possible.
#
# Params:
# 1 - hash
# 2 - function name
function hash_foreach {
  local keyname oldIFS="$IFS"
  IFS=' '
  for i in $(eval "echo \${!${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_*}"); do
    keyname=$(eval "echo \${i##${Hash_config_varname_prefix}${1}_}")
    eval "$2 $keyname \"\$$i\""
  done
IFS="$oldIFS"
}

#  NOTE: In lines 103 and 116, ampersand changed.
#  But, it doesn't matter, because these are comment lines anyhow.

Here is an example script using the foregoing hash library.

Example A-23. Colorizing text using hash functions

#!/bin/bash
# hash-example.sh: Colorizing text.
# Author: Mariusz Gniazdowski <mariusz.gn-at-gmail.com>

. Hash.lib      # Load the library of functions.

hash_set colors red          "\033[0;31m"
hash_set colors blue         "\033[0;34m"
hash_set colors light_blue   "\033[1;34m"
hash_set colors light_red    "\033[1;31m"
hash_set colors cyan         "\033[0;36m"
hash_set colors light_green  "\033[1;32m"
hash_set colors light_gray   "\033[0;37m"
hash_set colors green        "\033[0;32m"
hash_set colors yellow       "\033[1;33m"
hash_set colors light_purple "\033[1;35m"
hash_set colors purple       "\033[0;35m"
hash_set colors reset_color  "\033[0;00m"


# $1 - keyname
# $2 - value
try_colors() {
	echo -en "$2"
	echo "This line is $1."
}
hash_foreach colors try_colors
hash_echo colors reset_color -en

echo -e '\nLet us overwrite some colors with yellow.\n'
# It's hard to read yellow text on some terminals.
hash_dup colors yellow   red light_green blue green light_gray cyan
hash_foreach colors try_colors
hash_echo colors reset_color -en

echo -e '\nLet us delete them and try colors once more . . .\n'

for i in red light_green blue green light_gray cyan; do
	hash_unset colors $i
done
hash_foreach colors try_colors
hash_echo colors reset_color -en

hash_set other txt "Other examples . . ."
hash_echo other txt
hash_get_into other txt text
echo $text

hash_set other my_fun try_colors
hash_call other my_fun   purple "`hash_echo colors purple`"
hash_echo colors reset_color -en

echo; echo "Back to normal?"; echo

exit $?

#  On some terminals, the "light" colors print in bold,
#  and end up looking darker than the normal ones.
#  Why is this?

An example illustrating the mechanics of hashing, but from a different point of view.

Example A-24. More on hash functions

#!/bin/bash
# $Id: ha.sh,v 1.2 2005/04/21 23:24:26 oliver Exp $
# Copyright 2005 Oliver Beckstein
# Released under the GNU Public License
# Author of script granted permission for inclusion in ABS Guide.
# (Thank you!)

#----------------------------------------------------------------
# pseudo hash based on indirect parameter expansion
# API: access through functions:
# 
# create the hash:
#  
#      newhash Lovers
#
# add entries (note single quotes for spaces)
#    
#      addhash Lovers Tristan Isolde
#      addhash Lovers 'Romeo Montague' 'Juliet Capulet'
#
# access value by key
#
#      gethash Lovers Tristan   ---->  Isolde
#
# show all keys
#
#      keyshash Lovers         ----> 'Tristan'  'Romeo Montague'
#
#
# Convention: instead of perls' foo{bar} = boing' syntax,
# use
#       '_foo_bar=boing' (two underscores, no spaces)
#
# 1) store key   in _NAME_keys[]
# 2) store value in _NAME_values[] using the same integer index
# The integer index for the last entry is _NAME_ptr
#
# NOTE: No error or sanity checks, just bare bones.


function _inihash () {
    # private function
    # call at the beginning of each procedure
    # defines: _keys _values _ptr
    #
    # Usage: _inihash NAME
    local name=$1
    _keys=_${name}_keys
    _values=_${name}_values
    _ptr=_${name}_ptr
}

function newhash () {
    # Usage: newhash NAME
    #        NAME should not contain spaces or dots.
    #        Actually: it must be a legal name for a Bash variable.
    # We rely on Bash automatically recognising arrays.
    local name=$1 
    local _keys _values _ptr
    _inihash ${name}
    eval ${_ptr}=0
}


function addhash () {
    # Usage: addhash NAME KEY 'VALUE with spaces'
    #        arguments with spaces need to be quoted with single quotes ''
    local name=$1 k="$2" v="$3" 
    local _keys _values _ptr
    _inihash ${name}

    #echo "DEBUG(addhash): ${_ptr}=${!_ptr}"

    eval let ${_ptr}=${_ptr}+1
    eval "$_keys[${!_ptr}]=\"${k}\""
    eval "$_values[${!_ptr}]=\"${v}\""
}

function gethash () {
    #  Usage: gethash NAME KEY
    #         Returns boing
    #         ERR=0 if entry found, 1 otherwise
    #  That's not a proper hash --
    #+ we simply linearly search through the keys.
    local name=$1 key="$2" 
    local _keys _values _ptr 
    local k v i found h
    _inihash ${name}
    
    # _ptr holds the highest index in the hash
    found=0

    for i in $(seq 1 ${!_ptr}); do
	h="\${${_keys}[${i}]}"  #  Safer to do it in two steps,
	eval k=${h}             #+ especially when quoting for spaces.
	if [ "${k}" = "${key}" ]; then found=1; break; fi
    done;

    [ ${found} = 0 ] && return 1;
    # else: i is the index that matches the key
    h="\${${_values}[${i}]}"
    eval echo "${h}"
    return 0;	
}

function keyshash () {
    # Usage: keyshash NAME
    # Returns list of all keys defined for hash name.
    local name=$1 key="$2" 
    local _keys _values _ptr 
    local k i h
    _inihash ${name}
    
    # _ptr holds the highest index in the hash
    for i in $(seq 1 ${!_ptr}); do
	h="\${${_keys}[${i}]}"   #  Safer to do it in two steps,
	eval k=${h}              #+ especially when quoting for spaces.
	echo -n "'${k}' "
    done;
}


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Now, let's test it.
# (Per comments at the beginning of the script.)
newhash Lovers
addhash Lovers Tristan Isolde
addhash Lovers 'Romeo Montague' 'Juliet Capulet'

# Output results.
echo
gethash Lovers Tristan      # Isolde
echo
keyshash Lovers             # 'Tristan' 'Romeo Montague'
echo; echo


exit 0

# Exercise:
# --------

# Add error checks to the functions.

Now for a script that installs and mounts those cute USB keychain solid-state "hard drives."

Example A-25. Mounting USB keychain storage devices

#!/bin/bash
# ==> usb.sh
# ==> Script for mounting and installing pen/keychain USB storage devices.
# ==> Runs as root at system startup (see below).
# ==>
# ==> Newer Linux distros (2004 or later) autodetect
# ==> and install USB pen drives, and therefore don't need this script.
# ==> But, it's still instructive.
 
#  This code is free software covered by GNU GPL license version 2 or above.
#  Please refer to http://www.gnu.org/ for the full license text.
#
#  Some code lifted from usb-mount by Michael Hamilton's usb-mount (LGPL)
#+ see http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/usbmount.html
#
#  INSTALL
#  -------
#  Put this in /etc/hotplug/usb/diskonkey.
#  Then look in /etc/hotplug/usb.distmap, and copy all usb-storage entries
#+ into /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap, substituting "usb-storage" for "diskonkey".
#  Otherwise this code is only run during the kernel module invocation/removal
#+ (at least in my tests), which defeats the purpose.
#
#  TODO
#  ----
#  Handle more than one diskonkey device at one time (e.g. /dev/diskonkey1
#+ and /mnt/diskonkey1), etc. The biggest problem here is the handling in
#+ devlabel, which I haven't yet tried.
#
#  AUTHOR and SUPPORT
#  ------------------
#  Konstantin Riabitsev, <icon linux duke edu>.
#  Send any problem reports to my email address at the moment.
#
# ==> Comments added by ABS Guide author.



SYMLINKDEV=/dev/diskonkey
MOUNTPOINT=/mnt/diskonkey
DEVLABEL=/sbin/devlabel
DEVLABELCONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/devlabel
IAM=$0

##
# Functions lifted near-verbatim from usb-mount code.
#
function allAttachedScsiUsb {
  find /proc/scsi/ -path '/proc/scsi/usb-storage*' -type f |
  xargs grep -l 'Attached: Yes'
}
function scsiDevFromScsiUsb {
  echo $1 | awk -F"[-/]" '{ n=$(NF-1);
  print "/dev/sd" substr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", n+1, 1) }'
}

if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ]; then
    ##
    # lifted from usbcam code.
    #
    if [ -f /var/run/console.lock ]; then
        CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/run/console.lock`
    elif [ -f /var/lock/console.lock ]; then
        CONSOLEOWNER=`cat /var/lock/console.lock`
    else
        CONSOLEOWNER=
    fi
    for procEntry in $(allAttachedScsiUsb); do
        scsiDev=$(scsiDevFromScsiUsb $procEntry)
        #  Some bug with usb-storage?
        #  Partitions are not in /proc/partitions until they are accessed
        #+ somehow.
        /sbin/fdisk -l $scsiDev >/dev/null
        ##
        #  Most devices have partitioning info, so the data would be on
        #+ /dev/sd?1. However, some stupider ones don't have any partitioning
        #+ and use the entire device for data storage. This tries to
        #+ guess semi-intelligently if we have a /dev/sd?1 and if not, then
        #+ it uses the entire device and hopes for the better.
        #
        if grep -q `basename $scsiDev`1 /proc/partitions; then
            part="$scsiDev""1"
        else
            part=$scsiDev
        fi
        ##
        #  Change ownership of the partition to the console user so they can
        #+ mount it.
        #
        if [ ! -z "$CONSOLEOWNER" ]; then
            chown $CONSOLEOWNER:disk $part
        fi
        ##
        # This checks if we already have this UUID defined with devlabel.
        # If not, it then adds the device to the list.
        #
        prodid=`$DEVLABEL printid -d $part`
        if ! grep -q $prodid $DEVLABELCONFIG; then
            # cross our fingers and hope it works
            $DEVLABEL add -d $part -s $SYMLINKDEV 2>/dev/null
        fi
        ##
        # Check if the mount point exists and create if it doesn't.
        #
        if [ ! -e $MOUNTPOINT ]; then
            mkdir -p $MOUNTPOINT
        fi
        ##
        # Take care of /etc/fstab so mounting is easy.
        #
        if ! grep -q "^$SYMLINKDEV" /etc/fstab; then
            # Add an fstab entry
            echo -e \
                "$SYMLINKDEV\t\t$MOUNTPOINT\t\tauto\tnoauto,owner,kudzu 0 0" \
                >> /etc/fstab
        fi
    done
    if [ ! -z "$REMOVER" ]; then
        ##
        # Make sure this script is triggered on device removal.
        #
        mkdir -p `dirname $REMOVER`
        ln -s $IAM $REMOVER
    fi
elif [ "${ACTION}" = "remove" ]; then
    ##
    # If the device is mounted, unmount it cleanly.
    #
    if grep -q "$MOUNTPOINT" /etc/mtab; then
        # unmount cleanly
        umount -l $MOUNTPOINT
    fi
    ##
    # Remove it from /etc/fstab if it's there.
    #
    if grep -q "^$SYMLINKDEV" /etc/fstab; then
        grep -v "^$SYMLINKDEV" /etc/fstab > /etc/.fstab.new
        mv -f /etc/.fstab.new /etc/fstab
    fi
fi

exit 0

Converting a text file to HTML format.

Example A-26. Converting to HTML

#!/bin/bash
# tohtml.sh [v. 0.2, reldate: 06/26/08, still buggy]

# Convert a text file to HTML format.
# Author: Mendel Cooper
# License: GPL3
# Usage: sh tohtml.sh < textfile > htmlfile
# Script can easily be modified to accept source and target filenames.

#    Assumptions:
# 1) Paragraphs in (target) text file are separated by a blank line.
# 2) Jpeg images (*.jpg) are located in "images" subdirectory.
#    In the target file, the image names are enclosed in square brackets,
#    for example, [image01.jpg].
# 3) Emphasized (italic) phrases begin with a space+underscore
#+   or the first character on the line is an underscore,
#+   and end with an underscore+space or underscore+end-of-line.


# Settings
FNTSIZE=2        # Small-medium font size
IMGDIR="images"  # Image directory
# Headers
HDR01='<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">'
HDR02='<!-- Converted to HTML by ***tohtml.sh*** script -->'
HDR03='<!-- script author: M. Leo Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com> -->'
HDR10='<html>'
HDR11='<head>'
HDR11a='</head>'
HDR12a='<title>'
HDR12b='</title>'
HDR121='<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="tohtml.sh script">'
HDR13='<body bgcolor="#dddddd">'   # Change background color to suit.
HDR14a='<font size='
HDR14b='>'
# Footers
FTR10='</body>'
FTR11='</html>'
# Tags
BOLD="<b>"
CENTER="<center>"
END_CENTER="</center>"
LF="<br>"


write_headers ()
  {
  echo "$HDR01"
  echo
  echo "$HDR02"
  echo "$HDR03"
  echo
  echo
  echo "$HDR10"
  echo "$HDR11"
  echo "$HDR121"
  echo "$HDR11a"
  echo "$HDR13"
  echo
  echo -n "$HDR14a"
  echo -n "$FNTSIZE"
  echo "$HDR14b"
  echo
  echo "$BOLD"        # Everything in bold (more easily readable).
  }


process_text ()
  {
  while read line     # Read one line at a time.
  do
    {
    if [ ! "$line" ]  # Blank line?
    then              # Then new paragraph must follow.
      echo
      echo "$LF"      # Insert two <br> tags.
      echo "$LF"
      echo
      continue        # Skip the underscore test.
    else              # Otherwise . . .

      if [[ "$line" =~ "\[*jpg\]" ]]  # Is a graphic?
      then                            # Strip away brackets.
        temp=$( echo "$line" | sed -e 's/\[//' -e 's/\]//' )
        line=""$CENTER" <img src="\"$IMGDIR"/$temp\"> "$END_CENTER" "
                                      # Add image tag.
                                      # And, center it.
      fi

    fi


    echo "$line" | grep -q _
    if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]    # If line contains underscore ...
    then
      # ===================================================
      # Convert underscored phrase to italics.
      temp=$( echo "$line" |
              sed -e 's/ _/ <i>/' -e 's/_/<\/i> /' |
              sed -e 's/^_/<i>/'  -e 's/_/<\/i>/' )
      #  Process only underscores prefixed by space,
      #+ or at beginning or end of line.
      #  Do not convert underscores embedded within a word!
      line="$temp"
      # Slows script execution. Can be optimized?
      # ===================================================
    fi


   
    echo
    echo "$line"
    echo
    } # End while
  done
  }   # End process_text ()


write_footers ()  # Termination tags.
  {
  echo "$FTR10"
  echo "$FTR11"
  }


# main () {
# =========
write_headers
process_text
write_footers
# =========
#         }

exit $?

#  Exercises:
#  ---------
#  1) Fixup: Check for closing underscore before a comma or period.
#  2) Add a test for the presence of a closing underscore
#+    in phrases to be italicized.

Here is something to warm the hearts of webmasters and mistresses: a script that saves weblogs.

Example A-27. Preserving weblogs

#!/bin/bash
# archiveweblogs.sh v1.0

# Troy Engel <tengel@fluid.com>
# Slightly modified by document author.
# Used with permission.
#
#  This script will preserve the normally rotated and
#+ thrown away weblogs from a default RedHat/Apache installation.
#  It will save the files with a date/time stamp in the filename,
#+ bzipped, to a given directory.
#
#  Run this from crontab nightly at an off hour,
#+ as bzip2 can suck up some serious CPU on huge logs:
#  0 2 * * * /opt/sbin/archiveweblogs.sh


PROBLEM=66

# Set this to your backup dir.
BKP_DIR=/opt/backups/weblogs

# Default Apache/RedHat stuff
LOG_DAYS="4 3 2 1"
LOG_DIR=/var/log/httpd
LOG_FILES="access_log error_log"

# Default RedHat program locations
LS=/bin/ls
MV=/bin/mv
ID=/usr/bin/id
CUT=/bin/cut
COL=/usr/bin/column
BZ2=/usr/bin/bzip2

# Are we root?
USER=`$ID -u`
if [ "X$USER" != "X0" ]; then
  echo "PANIC: Only root can run this script!"
  exit $PROBLEM
fi

# Backup dir exists/writable?
if [ ! -x $BKP_DIR ]; then
  echo "PANIC: $BKP_DIR doesn't exist or isn't writable!"
  exit $PROBLEM
fi

# Move, rename and bzip2 the logs
for logday in $LOG_DAYS; do
  for logfile in $LOG_FILES; do
    MYFILE="$LOG_DIR/$logfile.$logday"
    if [ -w $MYFILE ]; then
      DTS=`$LS -lgo --time-style=+%Y%m%d $MYFILE | $COL -t | $CUT -d ' ' -f7`
      $MV $MYFILE $BKP_DIR/$logfile.$DTS
      $BZ2 $BKP_DIR/$logfile.$DTS
    else
      # Only spew an error if the file exits (ergo non-writable).
      if [ -f $MYFILE ]; then
        echo "ERROR: $MYFILE not writable. Skipping."
      fi
    fi
  done
done

exit 0

How to keep the shell from expanding and reinterpreting text strings.

Example A-28. Protecting literal strings

#! /bin/bash
# protect_literal.sh

# set -vx

:<<-'_Protect_Literal_String_Doc'

    Copyright (c) Michael S. Zick, 2003; All Rights Reserved
    License: Unrestricted reuse in any form, for any purpose.
    Warranty: None
    Revision: $ID$

    Documentation redirected to the Bash no-operation.
    Bash will '/dev/null' this block when the script is first read.
    (Uncomment the above set command to see this action.)

    Remove the first (Sha-Bang) line when sourcing this as a library
    procedure.  Also comment out the example use code in the two
    places where shown.


    Usage:
        _protect_literal_str 'Whatever string meets your ${fancy}'
        Just echos the argument to standard out, hard quotes
        restored.

        $(_protect_literal_str 'Whatever string meets your ${fancy}')
        as the right-hand-side of an assignment statement.

    Does:
        As the right-hand-side of an assignment, preserves the
        hard quotes protecting the contents of the literal during
        assignment.

    Notes:
        The strange names (_*) are used to avoid trampling on
        the user's chosen names when this is sourced as a
        library.

_Protect_Literal_String_Doc

# The 'for illustration' function form

_protect_literal_str() {

# Pick an un-used, non-printing character as local IFS.
# Not required, but shows that we are ignoring it.
    local IFS=$'\x1B'               # \ESC character

# Enclose the All-Elements-Of in hard quotes during assignment.
    local tmp=$'\x27'$@$'\x27'
#    local tmp=$'\''$@$'\''         # Even uglier.

    local len=${#tmp}               # Info only.
    echo $tmp is $len long.         # Output AND information.
}

# This is the short-named version.
_pls() {
    local IFS=$'x1B'                # \ESC character (not required)
    echo $'\x27'$@$'\x27'           # Hard quoted parameter glob
}

# :<<-'_Protect_Literal_String_Test'
# # # Remove the above "# " to disable this code. # # #

# See how that looks when printed.
echo
echo "- - Test One - -"
_protect_literal_str 'Hello $user'
_protect_literal_str 'Hello "${username}"'
echo

# Which yields:
# - - Test One - -
# 'Hello $user' is 13 long.
# 'Hello "${username}"' is 21 long.

#  Looks as expected, but why all of the trouble?
#  The difference is hidden inside the Bash internal order
#+ of operations.
#  Which shows when you use it on the RHS of an assignment.

# Declare an array for test values.
declare -a arrayZ

# Assign elements with various types of quotes and escapes.
arrayZ=( zero "$(_pls 'Hello ${Me}')" 'Hello ${You}' "\'Pass: ${pw}\'" )

# Now list that array and see what is there.
echo "- - Test Two - -"
for (( i=0 ; i<${#arrayZ[*]} ; i++ ))
do
    echo  Element $i: ${arrayZ[$i]} is: ${#arrayZ[$i]} long.
done
echo

# Which yields:
# - - Test Two - -
# Element 0: zero is: 4 long.           # Our marker element
# Element 1: 'Hello ${Me}' is: 13 long. # Our "$(_pls '...' )"
# Element 2: Hello ${You} is: 12 long.  # Quotes are missing
# Element 3: \'Pass: \' is: 10 long.    # ${pw} expanded to nothing

# Now make an assignment with that result.
declare -a array2=( ${arrayZ[@]} )

# And print what happened.
echo "- - Test Three - -"
for (( i=0 ; i<${#array2[*]} ; i++ ))
do
    echo  Element $i: ${array2[$i]} is: ${#array2[$i]} long.
done
echo

# Which yields:
# - - Test Three - -
# Element 0: zero is: 4 long.           # Our marker element.
# Element 1: Hello ${Me} is: 11 long.   # Intended result.
# Element 2: Hello is: 5 long.          # ${You} expanded to nothing.
# Element 3: 'Pass: is: 6 long.         # Split on the whitespace.
# Element 4: ' is: 1 long.              # The end quote is here now.

#  Our Element 1 has had its leading and trailing hard quotes stripped.
#  Although not shown, leading and trailing whitespace is also stripped.
#  Now that the string contents are set, Bash will always, internally,
#+ hard quote the contents as required during its operations.

#  Why?
#  Considering our "$(_pls 'Hello ${Me}')" construction:
#  " ... " -> Expansion required, strip the quotes.
#  $( ... ) -> Replace with the result of..., strip this.
#  _pls ' ... ' -> called with literal arguments, strip the quotes.
#  The result returned includes hard quotes; BUT the above processing
#+ has already been done, so they become part of the value assigned.
#
#  Similarly, during further usage of the string variable, the ${Me}
#+ is part of the contents (result) and survives any operations
#  (Until explicitly told to evaluate the string).

#  Hint: See what happens when the hard quotes ($'\x27') are replaced
#+ with soft quotes ($'\x22') in the above procedures.
#  Interesting also is to remove the addition of any quoting.

# _Protect_Literal_String_Test
# # # Remove the above "# " to disable this code. # # #

exit 0

But, what if you want the shell to expand and reinterpret strings?

Example A-29. Unprotecting literal strings

#! /bin/bash
# unprotect_literal.sh

# set -vx

:<<-'_UnProtect_Literal_String_Doc'

    Copyright (c) Michael S. Zick, 2003; All Rights Reserved
    License: Unrestricted reuse in any form, for any purpose.
    Warranty: None
    Revision: $ID$

    Documentation redirected to the Bash no-operation. Bash will
    '/dev/null' this block when the script is first read.
    (Uncomment the above set command to see this action.)

    Remove the first (Sha-Bang) line when sourcing this as a library
    procedure.  Also comment out the example use code in the two
    places where shown.


    Usage:
        Complement of the "$(_pls 'Literal String')" function.
        (See the protect_literal.sh example.)

        StringVar=$(_upls ProtectedSringVariable)

    Does:
        When used on the right-hand-side of an assignment statement;
        makes the substitions embedded in the protected string.

    Notes:
        The strange names (_*) are used to avoid trampling on
        the user's chosen names when this is sourced as a
        library.


_UnProtect_Literal_String_Doc

_upls() {
    local IFS=$'x1B'                # \ESC character (not required)
    eval echo $@                    # Substitution on the glob.
}

# :<<-'_UnProtect_Literal_String_Test'
# # # Remove the above "# " to disable this code. # # #


_pls() {
    local IFS=$'x1B'                # \ESC character (not required)
    echo $'\x27'$@$'\x27'           # Hard quoted parameter glob
}

# Declare an array for test values.
declare -a arrayZ

# Assign elements with various types of quotes and escapes.
arrayZ=( zero "$(_pls 'Hello ${Me}')" 'Hello ${You}' "\'Pass: ${pw}\'" )

# Now make an assignment with that result.
declare -a array2=( ${arrayZ[@]} )

# Which yielded:
# - - Test Three - -
# Element 0: zero is: 4 long            # Our marker element.
# Element 1: Hello ${Me} is: 11 long    # Intended result.
# Element 2: Hello is: 5 long           # ${You} expanded to nothing.
# Element 3: 'Pass: is: 6 long          # Split on the whitespace.
# Element 4: ' is: 1 long               # The end quote is here now.

# set -vx

#  Initialize 'Me' to something for the embedded ${Me} substitution.
#  This needs to be done ONLY just prior to evaluating the
#+ protected string.
#  (This is why it was protected to begin with.)

Me="to the array guy."

# Set a string variable destination to the result.
newVar=$(_upls ${array2[1]})

# Show what the contents are.
echo $newVar

# Do we really need a function to do this?
newerVar=$(eval echo ${array2[1]})
echo $newerVar

#  I guess not, but the _upls function gives us a place to hang
#+ the documentation on.
#  This helps when we forget what a # construction like:
#+ $(eval echo ... ) means.

# What if Me isn't set when the protected string is evaluated?
unset Me
newestVar=$(_upls ${array2[1]})
echo $newestVar

# Just gone, no hints, no runs, no errors.

#  Why in the world?
#  Setting the contents of a string variable containing character
#+ sequences that have a meaning in Bash is a general problem in
#+ script programming.
#
#  This problem is now solved in eight lines of code
#+ (and four pages of description).

#  Where is all this going?
#  Dynamic content Web pages as an array of Bash strings.
#  Content set per request by a Bash 'eval' command
#+ on the stored page template.
#  Not intended to replace PHP, just an interesting thing to do.
###
#  Don't have a webserver application?
#  No problem, check the example directory of the Bash source;
#+ there is a Bash script for that also.

# _UnProtect_Literal_String_Test
# # # Remove the above "# " to disable this code. # # #

exit 0

This interesting script helps hunt down spammers.

Example A-30. Spammer Identification

#!/bin/bash

# $Id: is_spammer.bash,v 1.12.2.11 2004/10/01 21:42:33 mszick Exp $
# Above line is RCS info.

# The latest version of this script is available from http://www.morethan.org.
#
# Spammer-identification
# by Michael S. Zick
# Used in the ABS Guide with permission.



#######################################################
# Documentation
# See also "Quickstart" at end of script.
#######################################################

:<<-'__is_spammer_Doc_'

    Copyright (c) Michael S. Zick, 2004
    License: Unrestricted reuse in any form, for any purpose.
    Warranty: None -{Its a script; the user is on their own.}-

Impatient?
    Application code: goto "# # # Hunt the Spammer' program code # # #"
    Example output: ":<<-'_is_spammer_outputs_'"
    How to use: Enter script name without arguments.
                Or goto "Quickstart" at end of script.

Provides
    Given a domain name or IP(v4) address as input:

    Does an exhaustive set of queries to find the associated
    network resources (short of recursing into TLDs).

    Checks the IP(v4) addresses found against Blacklist
    nameservers.

    If found to be a blacklisted IP(v4) address,
    reports the blacklist text records.
    (Usually hyper-links to the specific report.)

Requires
    A working Internet connection.
    (Exercise: Add check and/or abort if not on-line when running script.)
    Bash with arrays (2.05b+).

    The external program 'dig' --
    a utility program provided with the 'bind' set of programs.
    Specifically, the version which is part of Bind series 9.x
    See: http://www.isc.org

    All usages of 'dig' are limited to wrapper functions,
    which may be rewritten as required.
    See: dig_wrappers.bash for details.
         ("Additional documentation" -- below)

Usage
    Script requires a single argument, which may be:
    1) A domain name;
    2) An IP(v4) address;
    3) A filename, with one name or address per line.

    Script accepts an optional second argument, which may be:
    1) A Blacklist server name;
    2) A filename, with one Blacklist server name per line.

    If the second argument is not provided, the script uses
    a built-in set of (free) Blacklist servers.

    See also, the Quickstart at the end of this script (after 'exit').

Return Codes
    0 - All OK
    1 - Script failure
    2 - Something is Blacklisted

Optional environment variables
    SPAMMER_TRACE
        If set to a writable file,
        script will log an execution flow trace.

    SPAMMER_DATA
        If set to a writable file, script will dump its
        discovered data in the form of GraphViz file.
        See: http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz

    SPAMMER_LIMIT
        Limits the depth of resource tracing.

        Default is 2 levels.

        A setting of 0 (zero) means 'unlimited' . . .
          Caution: script might recurse the whole Internet!

        A limit of 1 or 2 is most useful when processing
        a file of domain names and addresses.
        A higher limit can be useful when hunting spam gangs.


Additional documentation
    Download the archived set of scripts
    explaining and illustrating the function contained within this script.
    http://personal.riverusers.com/mszick_clf.tar.bz2


Study notes
    This script uses a large number of functions.
    Nearly all general functions have their own example script.
    Each of the example scripts have tutorial level comments.

Scripting project
    Add support for IP(v6) addresses.
    IP(v6) addresses are recognized but not processed.

Advanced project
    Add the reverse lookup detail to the discovered information.

    Report the delegation chain and abuse contacts.

    Modify the GraphViz file output to include the
    newly discovered information.

__is_spammer_Doc_

#######################################################




#### Special IFS settings used for string parsing. ####

# Whitespace == :Space:Tab:Line Feed:Carriage Return:
WSP_IFS=$'\x20'$'\x09'$'\x0A'$'\x0D'

# No Whitespace == Line Feed:Carriage Return
NO_WSP=$'\x0A'$'\x0D'

# Field separator for dotted decimal IP addresses
ADR_IFS=${NO_WSP}'.'

# Array to dotted string conversions
DOT_IFS='.'${WSP_IFS}

# # # Pending operations stack machine # # #
# This set of functions described in func_stack.bash.
# (See "Additional documentation" above.)
# # #

# Global stack of pending operations.
declare -f -a _pending_
# Global sentinel for stack runners
declare -i _p_ctrl_
# Global holder for currently executing function
declare -f _pend_current_

# # # Debug version only - remove for regular use # # #
#
# The function stored in _pend_hook_ is called
# immediately before each pending function is
# evaluated.  Stack clean, _pend_current_ set.
#
# This thingy demonstrated in pend_hook.bash.
declare -f _pend_hook_
# # #

# The do nothing function
pend_dummy() { : ; }

# Clear and initialize the function stack.
pend_init() {
    unset _pending_[@]
    pend_func pend_stop_mark
    _pend_hook_='pend_dummy'  # Debug only.
}

# Discard the top function on the stack.
pend_pop() {
    if [ ${#_pending_[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        local -i _top_
        _top_=${#_pending_[@]}-1
        unset _pending_[$_top_]
    fi
}

# pend_func function_name [$(printf '%q\n' arguments)]
pend_func() {
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    set -f
    _pending_[${#_pending_[@]}]=$@
    set +f
}

# The function which stops the release:
pend_stop_mark() {
    _p_ctrl_=0
}

pend_mark() {
    pend_func pend_stop_mark
}

# Execute functions until 'pend_stop_mark' . . .
pend_release() {
    local -i _top_             # Declare _top_ as integer.
    _p_ctrl_=${#_pending_[@]}
    while [ ${_p_ctrl_} -gt 0 ]
    do
       _top_=${#_pending_[@]}-1
       _pend_current_=${_pending_[$_top_]}
       unset _pending_[$_top_]
       $_pend_hook_            # Debug only.
       eval $_pend_current_
    done
}

# Drop functions until 'pend_stop_mark' . . .
pend_drop() {
    local -i _top_
    local _pd_ctrl_=${#_pending_[@]}
    while [ ${_pd_ctrl_} -gt 0 ]
    do
       _top_=$_pd_ctrl_-1
       if [ "${_pending_[$_top_]}" == 'pend_stop_mark' ]
       then
           unset _pending_[$_top_]
           break
       else
           unset _pending_[$_top_]
           _pd_ctrl_=$_top_
       fi
    done
    if [ ${#_pending_[@]} -eq 0 ]
    then
        pend_func pend_stop_mark
    fi
}

#### Array editors ####

# This function described in edit_exact.bash.
# (See "Additional documentation," above.)
# edit_exact <excludes_array_name> <target_array_name>
edit_exact() {
    [ $# -eq 2 ] ||
    [ $# -eq 3 ] || return 1
    local -a _ee_Excludes
    local -a _ee_Target
    local _ee_x
    local _ee_t
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    set -f
    eval _ee_Excludes=\( \$\{$1\[@\]\} \)
    eval _ee_Target=\( \$\{$2\[@\]\} \)
    local _ee_len=${#_ee_Target[@]}     # Original length.
    local _ee_cnt=${#_ee_Excludes[@]}   # Exclude list length.
    [ ${_ee_len} -ne 0 ] || return 0    # Can't edit zero length.
    [ ${_ee_cnt} -ne 0 ] || return 0    # Can't edit zero length.
    for (( x = 0; x < ${_ee_cnt} ; x++ ))
    do
        _ee_x=${_ee_Excludes[$x]}
        for (( n = 0 ; n < ${_ee_len} ; n++ ))
        do
            _ee_t=${_ee_Target[$n]}
            if [ x"${_ee_t}" == x"${_ee_x}" ]
            then
                unset _ee_Target[$n]     # Discard match.
                [ $# -eq 2 ] && break    # If 2 arguments, then done.
            fi
        done
    done
    eval $2=\( \$\{_ee_Target\[@\]\} \)
    set +f
    return 0
}

# This function described in edit_by_glob.bash.
# edit_by_glob <excludes_array_name> <target_array_name>
edit_by_glob() {
    [ $# -eq 2 ] ||
    [ $# -eq 3 ] || return 1
    local -a _ebg_Excludes
    local -a _ebg_Target
    local _ebg_x
    local _ebg_t
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    set -f
    eval _ebg_Excludes=\( \$\{$1\[@\]\} \)
    eval _ebg_Target=\( \$\{$2\[@\]\} \)
    local _ebg_len=${#_ebg_Target[@]}
    local _ebg_cnt=${#_ebg_Excludes[@]}
    [ ${_ebg_len} -ne 0 ] || return 0
    [ ${_ebg_cnt} -ne 0 ] || return 0
    for (( x = 0; x < ${_ebg_cnt} ; x++ ))
    do
        _ebg_x=${_ebg_Excludes[$x]}
        for (( n = 0 ; n < ${_ebg_len} ; n++ ))
        do
            [ $# -eq 3 ] && _ebg_x=${_ebg_x}'*'  #  Do prefix edit
            if [ ${_ebg_Target[$n]:=} ]          #+ if defined & set.
            then
                _ebg_t=${_ebg_Target[$n]/#${_ebg_x}/}
                [ ${#_ebg_t} -eq 0 ] && unset _ebg_Target[$n]
            fi
        done
    done
    eval $2=\( \$\{_ebg_Target\[@\]\} \)
    set +f
    return 0
}

# This function described in unique_lines.bash.
# unique_lines <in_name> <out_name>
unique_lines() {
    [ $# -eq 2 ] || return 1
    local -a _ul_in
    local -a _ul_out
    local -i _ul_cnt
    local -i _ul_pos
    local _ul_tmp
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    set -f
    eval _ul_in=\( \$\{$1\[@\]\} \)
    _ul_cnt=${#_ul_in[@]}
    for (( _ul_pos = 0 ; _ul_pos < ${_ul_cnt} ; _ul_pos++ ))
    do
        if [ ${_ul_in[${_ul_pos}]:=} ]      # If defined & not empty
        then
            _ul_tmp=${_ul_in[${_ul_pos}]}
            _ul_out[${#_ul_out[@]}]=${_ul_tmp}
            for (( zap = _ul_pos ; zap < ${_ul_cnt} ; zap++ ))
            do
                [ ${_ul_in[${zap}]:=} ] &&
                [ 'x'${_ul_in[${zap}]} == 'x'${_ul_tmp} ] &&
                    unset _ul_in[${zap}]
            done
        fi
    done
    eval $2=\( \$\{_ul_out\[@\]\} \)
    set +f
    return 0
}

# This function described in char_convert.bash.
# to_lower <string>
to_lower() {
    [ $# -eq 1 ] || return 1
    local _tl_out
    _tl_out=${1//A/a}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//B/b}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//C/c}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//D/d}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//E/e}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//F/f}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//G/g}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//H/h}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//I/i}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//J/j}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//K/k}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//L/l}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//M/m}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//N/n}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//O/o}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//P/p}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//Q/q}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//R/r}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//S/s}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//T/t}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//U/u}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//V/v}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//W/w}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//X/x}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//Y/y}
    _tl_out=${_tl_out//Z/z}
    echo ${_tl_out}
    return 0
}

#### Application helper functions ####

# Not everybody uses dots as separators (APNIC, for example).
# This function described in to_dot.bash
# to_dot <string>
to_dot() {
    [ $# -eq 1 ] || return 1
    echo ${1//[#|@|%]/.}
    return 0
}

# This function described in is_number.bash.
# is_number <input>
is_number() {
    [ "$#" -eq 1 ]    || return 1  # is blank?
    [ x"$1" == 'x0' ] && return 0  # is zero?
    local -i tst
    let tst=$1 2>/dev/null         # else is numeric!
    return $?
}

# This function described in is_address.bash.
# is_address <input>
is_address() {
    [ $# -eq 1 ] || return 1    # Blank ==> false
    local -a _ia_input
    local IFS=${ADR_IFS}
    _ia_input=( $1 )
    if  [ ${#_ia_input[@]} -eq 4 ]  &&
        is_number ${_ia_input[0]}   &&
        is_number ${_ia_input[1]}   &&
        is_number ${_ia_input[2]}   &&
        is_number ${_ia_input[3]}   &&
        [ ${_ia_input[0]} -lt 256 ] &&
        [ ${_ia_input[1]} -lt 256 ] &&
        [ ${_ia_input[2]} -lt 256 ] &&
        [ ${_ia_input[3]} -lt 256 ]
    then
        return 0
    else
        return 1
    fi
}

#  This function described in split_ip.bash.
#  split_ip <IP_address>
#+ <array_name_norm> [<array_name_rev>]
split_ip() {
    [ $# -eq 3 ] ||              #  Either three
    [ $# -eq 2 ] || return 1     #+ or two arguments
    local -a _si_input
    local IFS=${ADR_IFS}
    _si_input=( $1 )
    IFS=${WSP_IFS}
    eval $2=\(\ \$\{_si_input\[@\]\}\ \)
    if [ $# -eq 3 ]
    then
        # Build query order array.
        local -a _dns_ip
        _dns_ip[0]=${_si_input[3]}
        _dns_ip[1]=${_si_input[2]}
        _dns_ip[2]=${_si_input[1]}
        _dns_ip[3]=${_si_input[0]}
        eval $3=\(\ \$\{_dns_ip\[@\]\}\ \)
    fi
    return 0
}

# This function described in dot_array.bash.
# dot_array <array_name>
dot_array() {
    [ $# -eq 1 ] || return 1     # Single argument required.
    local -a _da_input
    eval _da_input=\(\ \$\{$1\[@\]\}\ \)
    local IFS=${DOT_IFS}
    local _da_output=${_da_input[@]}
    IFS=${WSP_IFS}
    echo ${_da_output}
    return 0
}

# This function described in file_to_array.bash
# file_to_array <file_name> <line_array_name>
file_to_array() {
    [ $# -eq 2 ] || return 1  # Two arguments required.
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    local -a _fta_tmp_
    _fta_tmp_=( $(cat $1) )
    eval $2=\( \$\{_fta_tmp_\[@\]\} \)
    return 0
}

#  Columnized print of an array of multi-field strings.
#  col_print <array_name> <min_space> <
#+ tab_stop [tab_stops]>
col_print() {
    [ $# -gt 2 ] || return 0
    local -a _cp_inp
    local -a _cp_spc
    local -a _cp_line
    local _cp_min
    local _cp_mcnt
    local _cp_pos
    local _cp_cnt
    local _cp_tab
    local -i _cp
    local -i _cpf
    local _cp_fld
    # WARNING: FOLLOWING LINE NOT BLANK -- IT IS QUOTED SPACES.
    local _cp_max='                                                            '
    set -f
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    eval _cp_inp=\(\ \$\{$1\[@\]\}\ \)
    [ ${#_cp_inp[@]} -gt 0 ] || return 0 # Empty is easy.
    _cp_mcnt=$2
    _cp_min=${_cp_max:1:${_cp_mcnt}}
    shift
    shift
    _cp_cnt=$#
    for (( _cp = 0 ; _cp < _cp_cnt ; _cp++ ))
    do
        _cp_spc[${#_cp_spc[@]}]="${_cp_max:2:$1}" #"
        shift
    done
    _cp_cnt=${#_cp_inp[@]}
    for (( _cp = 0 ; _cp < _cp_cnt ; _cp++ ))
    do
        _cp_pos=1
        IFS=${NO_WSP}$'\x20'
        _cp_line=( ${_cp_inp[${_cp}]} )
        IFS=${NO_WSP}
        for (( _cpf = 0 ; _cpf < ${#_cp_line[@]} ; _cpf++ ))
        do
            _cp_tab=${_cp_spc[${_cpf}]:${_cp_pos}}
            if [ ${#_cp_tab} -lt ${_cp_mcnt} ]
            then
                _cp_tab="${_cp_min}"
            fi
            echo -n "${_cp_tab}"
            (( _cp_pos = ${_cp_pos} + ${#_cp_tab} ))
            _cp_fld="${_cp_line[${_cpf}]}"
            echo -n ${_cp_fld}
            (( _cp_pos = ${_cp_pos} + ${#_cp_fld} ))
        done
        echo
    done
    set +f
    return 0
}

# # # # 'Hunt the Spammer' data flow # # # #

# Application return code
declare -i _hs_RC

# Original input, from which IP addresses are removed
# After which, domain names to check
declare -a uc_name

# Original input IP addresses are moved here
# After which, IP addresses to check
declare -a uc_address

# Names against which address expansion run
# Ready for name detail lookup
declare -a chk_name

# Addresses against which name expansion run
# Ready for address detail lookup
declare -a chk_address

#  Recursion is depth-first-by-name.
#  The expand_input_address maintains this list
#+ to prohibit looking up addresses twice during
#+ domain name recursion.
declare -a been_there_addr
been_there_addr=( '127.0.0.1' ) # Whitelist localhost

# Names which we have checked (or given up on)
declare -a known_name

# Addresses which we have checked (or given up on)
declare -a known_address

#  List of zero or more Blacklist servers to check.
#  Each 'known_address' will be checked against each server,
#+ with negative replies and failures suppressed.
declare -a list_server

# Indirection limit - set to zero == no limit
indirect=${SPAMMER_LIMIT:=2}

# # # # 'Hunt the Spammer' information output data # # # #

# Any domain name may have multiple IP addresses.
# Any IP address may have multiple domain names.
# Therefore, track unique address-name pairs.
declare -a known_pair
declare -a reverse_pair

#  In addition to the data flow variables; known_address
#+ known_name and list_server, the following are output to the
#+ external graphics interface file.

# Authority chain, parent -> SOA fields.
declare -a auth_chain

# Reference chain, parent name -> child name
declare -a ref_chain

# DNS chain - domain name -> address
declare -a name_address

# Name and service pairs - domain name -> service
declare -a name_srvc

# Name and resource pairs - domain name -> Resource Record
declare -a name_resource

# Parent and Child pairs - parent name -> child name
# This MAY NOT be the same as the ref_chain followed!
declare -a parent_child

# Address and Blacklist hit pairs - address->server
declare -a address_hits

# Dump interface file data
declare -f _dot_dump
_dot_dump=pend_dummy   # Initially a no-op

#  Data dump is enabled by setting the environment variable SPAMMER_DATA
#+ to the name of a writable file.
declare _dot_file

# Helper function for the dump-to-dot-file function
# dump_to_dot <array_name> <prefix>
dump_to_dot() {
    local -a _dda_tmp
    local -i _dda_cnt
    local _dda_form='    '${2}'%04u %s\n'
    local IFS=${NO_WSP}
    eval _dda_tmp=\(\ \$\{$1\[@\]\}\ \)
    _dda_cnt=${#_dda_tmp[@]}
    if [ ${_dda_cnt} -gt 0 ]
    then
        for (( _dda = 0 ; _dda < _dda_cnt ; _dda++ ))
        do
            printf "${_dda_form}" \
                   "${_dda}" "${_dda_tmp[${_dda}]}" >>${_dot_file}
        done
    fi
}

# Which will also set _dot_dump to this function . . .
dump_dot() {
    local -i _dd_cnt
    echo '# Data vintage: '$(date -R) >${_dot_file}
    echo '# ABS Guide: is_spammer.bash; v2, 2004-msz' >>${_dot_file}
    echo >>${_dot_file}
    echo 'digraph G {' >>${_dot_file}

    if [ ${#known_name[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known domain name nodes' >>${_dot_file}
        _dd_cnt=${#known_name[@]}
        for (( _dd = 0 ; _dd < _dd_cnt ; _dd++ ))
        do
            printf '    N%04u [label="%s"] ;\n' \
                   "${_dd}" "${known_name[${_dd}]}" >>${_dot_file}
        done
    fi

    if [ ${#known_address[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known address nodes' >>${_dot_file}
        _dd_cnt=${#known_address[@]}
        for (( _dd = 0 ; _dd < _dd_cnt ; _dd++ ))
        do
            printf '    A%04u [label="%s"] ;\n' \
                   "${_dd}" "${known_address[${_dd}]}" >>${_dot_file}
        done
    fi

    echo                                   >>${_dot_file}
    echo '/*'                              >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' * Known relationships :: User conversion to'  >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' * graphic form by hand or program required.'  >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' *'                              >>${_dot_file}

    if [ ${#auth_chain[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
      echo >>${_dot_file}
      echo '# Authority ref. edges followed & field source.' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot auth_chain AC
    fi

    if [ ${#ref_chain[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Name ref. edges followed and field source.' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot ref_chain RC
    fi

    if [ ${#name_address[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known name->address edges' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot name_address NA
    fi

    if [ ${#name_srvc[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known name->service edges' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot name_srvc NS
    fi

    if [ ${#name_resource[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known name->resource edges' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot name_resource NR
    fi

    if [ ${#parent_child[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known parent->child edges' >>${_dot_file}
        dump_to_dot parent_child PC
    fi

    if [ ${#list_server[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
        echo >>${_dot_file}
        echo '# Known Blacklist nodes' >>${_dot_file}
        _dd_cnt=${#list_server[@]}
        for (( _dd = 0 ; _dd < _dd_cnt ; _dd++ ))
        do
            printf '    LS%04u [label="%s"] ;\n' \
                   "${_dd}" "${list_server[${_dd}]}" >>${_dot_file}
        done
    fi

    unique_lines address_hits address_hits
    if [ ${#address_hits[@]} -gt 0 ]
    then
      echo >>${_dot_file}
      echo '# Known address->Blacklist_hit edges' >>${_dot_file}
      echo '# CAUTION: dig warnings can trigger false hits.' >>${_dot_file}
       dump_to_dot address_hits AH
    fi
    echo          >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' *'     >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' * That is a lot of relationships. Happy graphing.' >>${_dot_file}
    echo ' */'    >>${_dot_file}
    echo '}'      >>${_dot_file}
    return 0
}

# # # # 'Hunt the Spammer' execution flow # # # #

#  Execution trace is enabled by setting the
#+ environment variable SPAMMER_TRACE to the name of a writable file.
declare -a _trace_log
declare _log_file

# Function to fill the trace log
trace_logger() {
    _trace_log[${#_trace_log[@]}]=${_pend_current_}
}

# Dump trace log to file function variable.
declare -f _log_dump
_log_dump=pend_dummy   # Initially a no-op.

# Dump the trace log to a file.
dump_log() {
    local -i _dl_cnt
    _dl_cnt=${#_trace_log[@]}
    for (( _dl = 0 ; _dl < _dl_cnt ; _dl++ ))
    do
        echo ${_trace_log[${_dl}]} >> ${_log_file}
    done
    _dl_cnt=${#_pending_[@]}
    if [ ${_dl_cnt} -gt 0 ]
    then
        _dl_cnt=${_dl_cnt}-1
        echo '# # # Operations stack not empty # # #' >> ${_log_file}
        for (( _dl = ${_dl_cnt} ; _dl >= 0 ; _dl-- ))
        do
            echo ${_pending_[${_dl}]} >> ${_log_file}
        done
    fi
}

# # # Utility program 'dig' wrappers # # #
#
#  These wrappers are derived from the
#+ examples shown in dig_wrappers.bash.
#
#  The major difference is these return
#+ their results as a list in an array.
#
#  See dig_wrappers.bash for details and
#+ use that script to develop any changes.
#
# # #

# Short form answer: 'dig' parses answer.

# Forward lookup :: Name -> Address
# short_fwd <domain_name> <array_name>
short_fwd() {
    local -a _sf_reply
    local -i _sf_rc
    local -i _sf_cnt
    IFS=${NO_WSP}
echo -n '.'
# echo 'sfwd: '${1}
  _sf_reply=( $(dig +short ${1} -c in -t a 2>/dev/null) )
  _sf_rc=$?
  if [ ${_sf_rc} -ne 0 ]
  then
    _trace_log[${#_trace_log[@]}]='## Lookup error '${_sf_rc}' on '${1}' ##'
# [ ${_sf_rc} -ne 9 ] && pend_drop
        return ${_sf_rc}
    else
        # Some versions of 'dig' return warnings on stdout.
        _sf_cnt=${#_sf_reply[@]}
        for (( _sf = 0 ; _sf < ${_sf_cnt} ; _sf++ ))
        do
            [ 'x'${_sf_reply[${_sf}]:0:2} == 'x;;' ] &&
                unset _sf_reply[${_sf}]
        done
        eval $2=\( \$\{_sf_reply\[@\]\} \)
    fi
    return 0
}

# Reverse lookup :: Address -> Name
# short_rev <ip_address> <array_name>
short_rev() {
    local -a _sr_reply
    local -i _sr_rc
    local -i _sr_cnt
    IFS=${NO_WSP}
echo -n '.'
# echo 'srev: '${1}
  _sr_reply=( $(dig +short -x ${1} 2>/dev/null) )
  _sr_rc=$?
  if [ ${_sr_rc} -ne 0 ]
  then
    _trace_log[${#_trace_log[@]}]='## Lookup error '${_sr_rc}' on '${1}' ##'
# [ ${_sr_rc} -ne 9 ] && pend_drop
        return ${_sr_rc}
    else
        # Some versions of 'dig' return warnings on stdout.
        _sr_cnt=${#_sr_reply[@]}
        for (( _sr = 0 ; _sr < ${_sr_cnt} ; _sr++ ))
        d