#!/bin/bash   
   ##### A simple TUXPOWER echo area bash script posting thingy   
   ##### requires the Husky Project's hpt application   
   ##### This script should look neater when posted in TUXPOWER   
      
   # set variables for kludges and tear line   
   tearline=`uname -s -r -m -o`   
      
   # make sure user inputs a script   
      
   if [ ! "$1" ]   
   then   
     echo -e "Usage: 'tuxpower.sh scriptname'\a"   
     exit 1   
   fi   
      
   # ensure the inputted script actually exists   
      
   if [ ! -e "$1" ]   
   then   
     echo -e "No such script as $1\a"   
     exit 10   
   fi   
      
   # check if readable by poster   
      
   if [ ! -r "$1" ]   
   then   
     echo -e "$1 is not readable by $USER\a"   
     exit 15   
   fi   
      
   # if exists is it a shell script?   
      
   if [ "$(file $1 | grep "shell script")" ]   
   then   
     # set up a temporary file and output the original to it   
     temporary_script=`basename $1`   
     cat $1 > /tmp/$temporary_script   
      
     # replace tabs with spaces and tack on a couple lines to the end   
     # to make it look good in the TUXPOWER Fido echo and then post it   
     # The -d switch to 'htp post' will delete the temporary file   
      
     sed -i 's/\t/        /g' /tmp/$temporary_script   
     echo -e "\n# that's all there is to it.\n" >> /tmp/$temporary_script   
      
     hpt post -nt "All" \   
              -s "$temporary_script" \   
              -e "tuxpower" \   
              -z "$tearline" \   
              -f loc k/s \   
              -d /tmp/$temporary_script   
   else   
     echo -e "Unacceptable behavior since $1 is not a shell script.\a"   
     exit 20   
   fi   
      
   # that's all there is to it.   
      
   --- Linux 2.6.38.6 x86_64 GNU/Linux   
    * Origin: Pointy Stick Society (1:261/38.9)