#!/bin/sh
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=pod
=head1 NAME
mark - a tool for marking and acting on file paths
=head1 SYNOPSIS
mark add <path> # Add a file path to the mark list
mark remove <path> # Remove a file path from the mark list
mark clear # Remove all marks from list
mark ls # List current marks
mark ls-print0 # List current marks, separated by NUL chars
mark cp # Copy marked files to current directory
mark mv # Move files to current directory and unmark
mark each <command> # Execute command with each marked file as parameter
mark -h # Print help message
=head1 DESCRIPTION
mark stores a list of marked file paths in an SQLite database called marks.db
in the user's home directory. Once marked, files can be copied, moved, listed,
or passed as parameters to arbitrary shell commands.
Commands are intended to be invoked as subcommands of mark(1), in the style of
git(1).
=head1 COMMANDS
=head2 mark-add
Add one or more paths to the mark list. Relative paths will be stored by their
absolute location. Repeated commands are idempotent - a path can only appear
once in the mark list.
=head2 mark-remove
Remove one or more paths from the mark list. Relative paths will be resolved
to their absolute location before the list is searched.
=head2 mark-clear
Clear the entire mark list.
=head2 mark-ls
List all currently marked paths, one line per path.
=head2 mark-ls-print0
List all currently marked paths, separated by null characters, for use when
piping to C<xargs -0> or other commands which expect null-terminated file
lists. Analogous to C<find -print0>. This is useful where filenames contain
whitespace, quotes, etc.
=head2 mark-cp
Copy all marked paths to the current working directory.
=head2 mark-mv
Move all marked paths to the current working directory, and remove them from
the mark list.
=head2 mark-each
Execute the provided command once per marked path, with the path as a
parameter, and print any output from the command.
This is crudely analogous to C<xargs>. While good enough for simple commands,
it's likely to break in more complex cases, and may be slow for large mark
lists. Consider using mark-ls-print0(1) and xargs(1) instead.
=head1 SEE ALSO
App::MarkFiles
=head1 LICENSE
mark is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
=head1 AUTHOR
Brennen Bearnes
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print_help() {
echo "$0 - mark and operate on files"
echo
echo "Usage: mark [command] [args]"
echo " mark add [path] - Add a file path to the mark list"
echo " mark clear - Clear mark list"
echo " mark cp - Copy marked files to current directory"
echo " mark each [command] - Execute command for each marked file"
echo " mark ls - List current marks"
echo " mark ls-nullsep - List current marks, separated by NUL chars"
echo " mark mv - Move files to current directory and unmark"
echo " mark -h - Print this help message"
echo
echo "You must specify a command."
exit 1
}
if [ $# -lt 1 ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
print_help
fi
subprog="mark-$1"
# Make sure that the command we've been given exists:
command -v "$subprog" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "mark: '$1' is not a mark command. See 'mark -h'."
exit 1
}
shift
exec "$subprog" "$@"