A personal indentation config for C files, using ‘indent’.

c-indent

#! /bin/bash

# A personal indentation config for C files, using ‘indent’.
#
# Every project should agree on and share one of these!
#
# Install ‘indent’:  apt-get install indent
# See ‘indent(1)’ for the other 100 options to consider.
#
# Backups are funny. Using an explicit file here, since most careful
# use involves running on one file at a time, which affects backup
# scheme.


origfile="${1?Provide a C input file}"

backup="$1.NOINDENT"
cp "$origfile" "$backup"

#--braces-on-if-line 
cmd="
indent 
--dont-break-procedure-type 
--tab-size2 
--no-tabs 
--indent-level3 
--no-space-after-parentheses 
--no-space-after-function-call-names 
$origfile
"

eval $cmd