box_print.sh

# Print a 75 column box as long as needed with the input of one or more strings as paragraphs
# TODO: Figure out how to get printf to create 75 $hborder characters in a single line.
# TODO: Make the box width variable

function box_print() {
  # The character that makes the box border
  vborder="#"
  hborder="#"

  # Break input into a size that'll fit in the box
  local string=$(echo "$@" | fmt -71 )

  # bar is a line of #
  header="%74s\n"
  bar=$(printf "$header" "$hborder"|tr "[:space:]" "$hborder")
  # blank is blank line inside the comment box
  printf -v blank '%s%74s' "$vborder" "$vborder"

  # Print Header
  echo "$bar"
  echo "$blank"

  # Print Comment in borders
  echo "$string" | while IFS='' read line; do
    printf '%s %-71s %s\n' "$vborder" "$line" "$vborder"
  done

  # Print Footer
  echo "$blank"
  echo "$bar"
}