A bash script to execute commands in a pseudo-TTY environment

prettty

#!/bin/bash

# prettty: pretend TTY
# A tool to execute commands in a pseudo-TTY environment

# Help options
if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
    echo "Usage: prettty <command>"
    echo "Pretend TTY: Run a command in a pseudo-TTY environment."
    echo
    echo "Options:"
    echo "  -h, --help    Display this help message."
    echo
    echo "Examples:"
    echo "  prettty tldr git"
    exit 0
fi

# Check if the 'script' command exists
if ! command -v script &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Error: 'script' command is not installed or not found in PATH."
    echo "Please install 'script' (part of util-linux) to use prettty."
    exit 1
fi

# If no arguments are provided
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: prettty <command>"
    echo "Run 'prettty --help' for more information."
    exit 1
fi

# The command to execute
command="$*"

# Execute the command in a pseudo-TTY environment
if ! script -q /dev/null -c "$command"; then
    echo "Error: Command '$command' failed to execute in TTY environment."
    exit 1
fi