#!/bin/bash

#	parse	v0.1
#
#	I needed this to perform some funky operations on the slackware
#	package list, and though it's simple, quite limited, and fairly dumb,
#	parse has proven itself useful much more than once, especially for
#	creating ad-hoc uninstaller scripts from filtered finder results!
#
#	have fun!
#
#	(c) 2005 cor @ corz.org ;o) 

if [ "$1" != '' ]; then
	for lines in $(cut -d# -f1 $1)
		do
		  $2 $lines
		done
	else
		clear
		echo
		echo " parse: do something to each line of a text file.."
		echo
		echo " usage:  parse <file> <command(s)>"
		echo 
		echo " ..will run through <file> and do <command> to each line of text in the file."
		echo " comments (lines beginning with \"#\") are ignored. note: if <command> is made"
		echo " up of multiple commands, enclose them in quotes.."
		echo 
		echo "   parse pkglist \"slackpkg search\""
		echo 
		echo " your results come back on standard output, do what you like with that.."
		echo 
		echo "   parse pkglist \"slackpkg search\" >> output.log"
		echo
		echo " here's something you can try at home, check on your LAN.."
		echo
		echo "   parse /etc/hosts \"ping -c 1\" >> lan-ping.log" 
		echo
		exit 0
fi