Find mid-edit vim files after crash (yes it happens - especially if in a VM and the host is flaky)

reconcile-swp.sh

cred="$(echo -e '\033[31;1m')"
cgrn="$(echo -e '\033[32;1m')"
cyel="$(echo -e '\033[33;1m')"
cblu="$(echo -e '\033[34;1m')"
cdef="$(echo -e '\033[0;m')"

do_reconcile() {
    swapfile="$1"; shift
    realfile="$(dirname "$swapfile")/$(basename "$swapfile"|sed -r 's/^\.(.+)\.swp$/\1/' )"

    echo "${cblu}$realfile$cdef"
    sleep 0.5
    vim "$realfile"

    read -p "${cred}Delete$cdef [${cblu}$swapfile${cdef}]? y/N> "

    if [[ "$REPLY" =~ ^(y|Y|yes|YES)$ ]]; then
        echo "${cred}Removing $swapfile${cdef}"
        rm "$swapfile"
    else
        echo "${cgrn}Keeping $swapfile${cdef}"
    fi

    echo
}

printhelp() {
cat <<'EOF'

Find temproary vim "swap" files, try to load them in a new session.

After the user exits vim, they are asked whether to delete the swap file.

EOF
}

main() {
    if [[ "$*" =~ --help ]]; then
        printhelp
        exit 0
    elif [[ "$1" = reconcile ]]; then
        do_reconcile "$2"
    else
        find . -name '.*.swp' -exec bash "$0" reconcile {} \;
    fi
}

main "$@"