Simple shell script using commandlinefu.com API

commandlinefu

#!/bin/sh
#
# commandlinefu - Simple shell script using commandlinefu.com API
#
# All commands sorted by date:
# % commandlinefu
#
# All commands sorted by votes:
# % commandlinefu -v
#
# Search results for the query 'ssh' sorted by date:
# % commandlinefu ssh
#
# Search results for the query 'ssh' sorted by votes:
# % commandlinefu -v ssh
#
# You can learn more about commandlinefu.com API at the following link:
# http://www.commandlinefu.com/site/api
#
# Original script:
# http://commandlinefu.uservoice.com/forums/11102-general/suggestions/116596-provide-bash-client-to-integrate-site-into-cli
#
# Seungwon Jeong <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright (C) 2011 by Seungwon Jeong

set -e

if test "$1" = -v; then
    sort=sort-by-votes
    shift
fi

base_url=http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands

if test "$1"; then
    query=$1
    base64=`echo -n $query | base64`
    command_set=matching/$query/$base64
else
    command_set=browse
fi

if test "$sort"; then
    command_set=$command_set/$sort
fi

format=plaintext

url=$base_url/$command_set/$format

if test -t 1; then
    curl -s $url | source-highlight -s sh -f esc | less -R
else
    curl -s $url
fi