blobcatd

#!/bin/bash
# some vars and defaults
VERSION="0.1"
character="cat"
TIME=60s

CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/blobcatd"


oneshot () {
    # get a list of strings
    strings="$(grep -Ev '^$' $CONFIG_DIR/${character}/strings)"
    # get one string out of it
    message=$(echo "$strings" | shuf -n 1)
    # pick an image
    image=$(find "$CONFIG_DIR/${character}" -type f -exec file --mime-type {} \+ | awk -F: '{if ($2 ~/image\//) print $1}' | shuf -n 1)
    # and send a notification
    notify-send -a blobcatd -i "${image}" "blobcatd" "${message}"
}

loop () {
    # this is a *daemon*, by design, so it should never stop?
    while true; do
    oneshot

    sleep "${TIME}"
    done
}

help () {
    cat << NYAOF
		blobcatd		- by gravitos

inspired in this post: https://wetdry.world/@gravitos/111063551410060977


version ${VERSION}


args:
	-h	this
	-c	choose your fighter- i mean, character. these are stored in ~/.config/blobcatd
	-C	specify config dir
	-o	run only once (useful when using with cron or other timers)
	-v	get version
	-t	wait time between each notifications
		(Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days. NUMBER need not be an integer. Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time specified by the sum of their values.) - man sleep
NYAOF
}

main() {
    runtype=loop
    
    # commandline option stuff
    local flag
    while getopts ":c:C:ohvt:" flag
    do
    case ${flag} in
    # help!
    h) help
    exit
    ;;
    # do you want to use a blobfox
    c) character=${OPTARG};;
    C) CONFIG_DIR=${OPTARG};;
    o) runtype=oneshot;;
    # version
    v) echo "blobcatd version ${VERSION}"
    exit;;
    # wait time
    t) export TIME=${OPTARG};;
    # and the other stuff
    ?) echo "invalid option: ${flag}"
    exit;;

    esac
    done

    $($runtype)
}

main "$@"