fix infinite loop in bash

obsfucation is fun

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-<h2 align="center">fet.sh</h1>
-
-
 <div align="center">
+<h1>fet.sh</h1>
 fetch written in POSIX shell with no external commands
 <br>
 <img src="screenshot.png" width="250px">
 </div>
+
+### Installing
+**Arch:** [fet.sh-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fet.sh-git/) (AUR)  
+**Other Distros:** copy `fet.sh` to somewhere in $PATH
+
+### Customization
+`fet.sh` can be configured using environment variables, for example:
+```
+$ info='n os wm sh n' fet.sh
+```
+Supported options are:
+- `accent` (0-7)
+- `info`
+- `separator`

fet.sh

@@ -1,36 +1,44 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#  this is my attempt at trying to make a fetch using only posix shell
+#   fet.sh
-#   without any external commands
+# a fetch in pure POSIX shell
 #
 
 # supress errors
 exec 2>/dev/null
 set --
+_() {  # [ a = b ] with globbing
+	case $1 in
+		$2) return
+	esac;! :
+}
 
 ## Terminal
 while [ ! "$term" ]; do
-	while IFS=':	' read -r key val; do
+	# loop over lines in /proc/pid/status until it reaches PPid
-		case $key in
+	# then save that to a variable and exit the file
-			PPid) ppid=$val; break;;
+	while read -r line; do
-		esac
+		_ "$line" "PPid*" && ppid=${line##*:?} && break
 	done < "/proc/${ppid:-$PPID}/status"
 
+	# get name of binary
 	read -r name < "/proc/$ppid/comm"
 	case $name in
-		*sh) ;;
+		*sh|"${0##*/}") ;;  # skip shells
-		"${0##*/}") ;;
+		*[Ll]ogin*|*init*) break;;  # exit when the top is reached
-		*[Ll]ogin*|*init*) term=linux;;
+		*) term="$name"  # anything else can be assumed to be the terminal
-		*) term="$name";;
 	esac
 done
 
 ## WM/DE
+# standard variables, mostly used for DEs
 if [ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" ]; then
 	wm="$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"
 elif [ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" ]; then
 	wm="$DESKTOP_SESSION"
 elif [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+	# non-standard WMs
+	# loop over all processes and check the binary name
 	for i in /proc/*/comm; do
 		read -r c < "$i"
 		case $c in
@@ -40,16 +48,15 @@ elif [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then
 fi
 
 ## Distro
-. /etc/os-release   # lol EZ
+. /etc/os-release   # a common file that has variables about the distro
 
 ## Memory
+# loop over lines in /proc/meminfo until it reaches MemTotal,
+# then convert the amount (second word) from KB to MB
 while read -r line; do
-	case $line in
+	_ "$line" "MemTotal*" && set -- $line && break
-		MemTotal*) mem="${line##*: }"; break;;
-	esac
 done < /proc/meminfo
-mem="${mem##*  }"
+mem="$(( $2 / 1000 ))MB"
-mem="$(( ${mem%% *} / 1000 ))"
 
 ## Processor
 while read -r line; do
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ while read -r line; do
 done < /proc/cpuinfo
 vendor="${vendor##*Authentic}"
 vendor="${vendor##*Genuine}"
-# This is so messy due to so many inconsistencies in the model names
+# this is so messy due to so many inconsistencies in the model names
 cpu="${cpu##*) }"
 cpu="${cpu%% @*}"
 cpu="${cpu%% CPU}"
@@ -79,49 +86,59 @@ up=$(printf %02d:%02d $((uptime / 60 / 60 % 24)) $((uptime / 60 % 60)))
 ## Kernel
 read -r _ _ version _ < /proc/version
 kernel="${version%%-*}"
-case $version in
+_ "$version" "*Microsoft*" && ID="fake $ID"
-	*Microsoft*) [ "$ID" ] && ID="fake $ID";;
-esac
 
 ## GTK
 while read -r line; do
-	case $line in
+	_ "$line" "gtk-theme*" && gtk="${line##*=}" && break
-		gtk-theme*) gtk="${line##*=}"; break;;
-	esac
 done < "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
 
 ## Motherboard // laptop
 read -r model < /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name
 
 ## Packages
-[ -d /var/lib/pacman/local ] && set -- /var/lib/pacman/local/*
+# clean environment, then make every file in the dir an argument,
+# then save the argument count to $pkgs
+set --
+[ -d /var/db/kiss/installed ] && set -- /var/db/kiss/installed/*
+[ -d /var/lib/pacman/local  ] && set -- /var/lib/pacman/local/*
 [ -d /var/db/xbps ] && set -- /var/db/xbps/.*
-[ -d /var/db/pkg ] && set -- /var/db/pkg/*/*
+[ -d /var/db/pkg  ] && set -- /var/db/pkg/*/*  # gentoo
 [ $# -gt 0 ] && pkgs=$#
 
-print() {
+col() {
-	[ "$2" ] && printf '\033[3%sm%6s\033[0m ~ %s\n' "${accent:-4}" "$1" "$2"
+	printf '  '
+	for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+		printf '\033[9%sm▅▅' "$i"
+	done
+	printf '\033[0m\n'
 }
 
+print() {
+	[ "$2" ] && printf '\033[9%sm%6s\033[0m%b%s\n' \
+		"${accent:-4}" "$1" "${separator:- ~ }" "$2"
+}
 
-echo
+read -r host < /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
-read -r host < /etc/hostname
-printf '%7s@%s\n' "$USER" "$host"
 
-print os "$ID"
+# default value
-print sh "${SHELL##*/}"
+: "${info:=n user os sh wm up gtk cpu mem host kern pkgs term col n}"
-print wm "$wm"
-print up "$up"
-print gtk "${gtk# }"
-print cpu "$vendor $cpu"
-print mem "${mem}MB"
-print host "$model"
-print kern "$kernel"
-print pkgs "$pkgs"
-print term "$term"
 
-printf '  '
+for i in $info; do
-for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+	case $i in
-	printf '\033[9%sm▅▅' "$i"
+		n) echo;;
+		os) print os "$ID";;
+		sh) print sh "${SHELL##*/}";;
+		wm) print wm "$wm";;
+		up) print up "$up";;
+		gtk) print gtk "${gtk# }";;
+		cpu) print cpu "$vendor $cpu";;
+		mem) print mem "$mem";;
+		host) print host "$model";;
+		kern) print kern "$kernel";;
+		pkgs) print pkgs "$pkgs";;
+		term) print term "$term";;
+		user) printf '%7s@%s\n' "$USER" "$host";;
+		col) col;;
+	esac
 done
-printf '\033[0m\n\n'