List info about all contrib modules available on a Drupal site.

modules_info.sh

#!/bin/bash

tmp="/tmp/temp-file"
alias=""

# List all contrib modules.
for name in $(drush $alias sql-query "SELECT name FROM system WHERE type = 'module' AND filename LIKE 'sites/all/modules%'"); do
  # Skip header row.
  if [[ "name" == $name ]]; then
    continue
  fi  

  drush $alias pmi $name > $tmp 

  # Parse the output for each facet, and use sed to trim whitespace.
  version=$(grep '^ Version' $tmp | cut -d \: -f2 | sed 's/ *$//' | sed 's/^ *//')
  title=$(grep '^ Title' $tmp  | cut -d \: -f2 | sed 's/ *$//' | sed 's/^ *//')
  desc=$(grep '^ Description' $tmp | cut -d \: -f2 | sed 's/ *$//' | sed 's/^ *//')
  project=$(grep '^ Project' $tmp | cut -d \: -f2 | sed 's/ *$//' | sed 's/^ *//')

  # Format into human readable.
  echo "$title (http://www.drupal.org/project/$project, $version): $desc"
done