From 1d6dc882b051ae9bc77dd89c9ee80731bff0f955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bob walker <bob@randomness.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:07:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Enable quiet mode when not running in a terminal

When piping output to another command or redirecting output to a file we don't
want our script to output any unnecessary information which may break the other
command.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/911168/how-can-i-detect-if-my-shell-script-is-running-through-a-pipe
---
 bin/dalmatian | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/dalmatian b/bin/dalmatian
index adc80d5..171ba25 100755
--- a/bin/dalmatian
+++ b/bin/dalmatian
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ then
 fi
 
 QUIET_MODE=0
+
+# set quiet mode if not running in a terminal
+# e.g when piping output to another command or redirecting output to a file
+if [ ! -t 1 ]
+then
+  QUIET_MODE=1
+fi
+
 for i in "${!COMMAND_ARGS[@]}"
 do
   if [ "${COMMAND_ARGS[i]}" == "-q" ]