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#!/bin/bash | |
REMOTE= | |
REFRESH= | |
CACHE_SUBDIR="localhost" | |
MAN_OPTS= | |
function main () | |
{ | |
while getopts "hfr:" arg; do | |
if [ "$arg" = "?" ]; then | |
usage | |
fi | |
case $arg in | |
h) usage;; | |
f) REFRESH=1;; | |
r) REMOTE="$OPTARG"; CACHE_SUBDIR="$OPTARG";; | |
esac | |
done | |
shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 )) | |
for man_path in $(run_man -w "$@"); do | |
handle_man_path "$man_path" | |
done | |
} | |
function usage () | |
{ | |
echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [-r <ssh-host>] [-f] [--] <man args>" | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
function handle_man_path () | |
{ | |
man_path="$1" | |
pdf_path="${HOME}/Library/Caches/pman/${CACHE_SUBDIR}${man_path}" | |
pdf_path="${pdf_path%.gz}.pdf" | |
if [[ ! -e "$pdf_path" || -n "$REFRESH" ]]; then | |
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$pdf_path")" | |
run_man -t "$man_path" | pstopdf -i -o "$pdf_path" | |
fi | |
if [[ -e "$pdf_path" ]]; then | |
open "$pdf_path" | |
fi | |
} | |
function run_man () | |
{ | |
if [[ -z "$REMOTE" ]]; then | |
man ${MAN_OPTS} "$@" | |
else | |
ssh "$REMOTE" -- man ${MAN_OPTS} "$@" | |
fi | |
} | |
main "$@" |
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