#!/usr/bin/env perl
use v5.34;
use warnings;
use feature 'signatures';
no warnings ('experimental::signatures', 'experimental::smartmatch');
use Getopt::Std ();
sub usage($fh) {
print $fh <<~'EOF';
Usage:
x COMMANDS... [ '&&' / '||' / '|' ] COMMANDS...
x COMMANDS... [ 'AND' / 'OR' / 'PIPE' ] COMMANDS...
x -h
EOF
}
sub help($fh) {
print $fh <<~'EOF';
Options:
-h, --help show this message
COMMAND the command to be executed
'&&' / AND "AND" logical operator
'||' / OR "OR" logical operator
'|' / PIPE pipe operator
Run command chained together with operators.
NOTE: Remember to quote '&&', 'OR' and '|' operators, otherwise
they'll get captured by the shell and not be passed to the 'x'
program!
Examples:
Measure the time of two commands:
$ time x sleep 1 '&&' sleep 2
# equivalent to:
$ time sh -c 'sleep 1 && sleep 2'
Notify when either of the commands finish:
$ boop x cmd-1 '||' cmd-2
EOF
}
for (@ARGV) {
last if $_ eq '--';
if ($_ eq '--help') {
usage *STDOUT;
help *STDOUT;
exit;
}
}
my %opts;
if (!Getopt::Std::getopts('h', \%opts)) {
usage *STDERR;
exit 2;
}
if ($opts{h}) {
usage *STDOUT;
help *STDOUT;
exit;
}
sub status_for($n) {
if ($n == -1) {
return 127;
} elsif ($n & 127) {
return $n & 127;
} else {
return $n >> 8;
}
}
my @AND = ('&&', 'AND');
my @OR = ('||', 'OR');
my @PIPE = ('|', 'PIPE');
my @OPS = (@AND, @OR, @PIPE);
my @CMD;
for (@ARGV) {
if ($_ ~~ @OPS) {
system @CMD;
@CMD = ();
if ($_ ~~ @AND && $?) {
exit status_for($?);
} elsif ($_ ~~ @OR && !$?) {
exit 0;
} elsif ($_ ~~ @PIPE) {
...
}
} else {
push @CMD, $_;
}
}
exit status_for(system @CMD);
__END__
=head1 NAME
x - chain shell commands without creating a subshell
=head1 SYNOPSYS
x COMMANDS... [ '&&' / '||' / '|' ] COMMANDS...
x COMMANDS... [ 'AND' / 'OR' / 'PIPE' ] COMMANDS...
x -h
=cut