Data URI utility

datauri.sh

#! /bin/bash

function usage {
  echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/file"
  [[ -n $1 ]] && echo $1
  exit 1
}

# Only run if we have a single image file
[[ $# != 1 ]] && usage
[[ ! -e $1 ]] && usage "$1 does not exist"

# Grab a binary dump of the file
type=`file -I $file | awk '{print $2}'`
bin=`base64 $file`


echo "data:${type}base64, $bin"