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pipe html to a browser
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#!/bin/sh -e | |
# | |
# Usage: browser | |
# pipe html to a browser | |
# e.g. | |
# $ echo '<h1>hi mom!</h1>' | browser | |
# $ ron -5 man/rip.5.ron | browser | |
if [ -t 0 ]; then | |
if [ -n "$1" ]; then | |
open $1 | |
else | |
cat <<usage | |
Usage: browser | |
pipe html to a browser | |
$ echo '<h1>hi mom!</h1>' | browser | |
$ ron -5 man/rip.5.ron | browser | |
usage | |
fi | |
else | |
f="/tmp/browser.$RANDOM.html" | |
cat /dev/stdin > $f | |
open $f | |
fi |
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Here's @geoff-nixon's version as a standalone Bash script, with support already baked in for Quick Look or some other previewer. Requires
bash
to be somewhere in the search path if you're on Mac; should mostly work on Linux, too.