jman

#!/bin/bash
# jman
# Sunday May 11, 2008
# Author: Joseph Pecoraro
# Email: joepeck02@gmail.com
# Version: 1.0

# Variables/States
outputType=cat
joemanDir="`echo $HOME`/bin/.joeman/"

# Usage string
usage="usage:`basename $0` [-l] progName\n\n\t-l\t\toutput with /usr/bin/less\n\tprogName\tEx. ruby, tr, awk, grep, ...\n"

# Bad number of arguments
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] || [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then
	echo -e $usage
	exit 1
fi

# If two params the first should be -c, ingore otherwise
if [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
	if [[ "-l" == "$1" ]]; then
		outputType=less
	fi
	shift
fi

# Ensure filename doesn't every have "../"
if [[ "$1" =~ / ]]; then
	echo "Filename cannot contain '/'"
	exit 1
fi

# Check for the existence of the filename
path="$joemanDir$1"
if [[ ! -e $path ]]; then
	echo "$1: File does not exist."
	exit 1
fi

# Print out the file
# $outputType  is an element of {less, cat}
# $path        is the full path to the joeman file
eval "$outputType $path"

# Successful
exit 0