socat/readline.sh

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#! /usr/bin/env bash
# source: readline.sh
# Copyright Gerhard Rieger and contributors (see file CHANGES)
# Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING
# this is an attempt for a socat based readline wrapper
# usage: readline.sh <command>
withhistfile=1
while true; do
case "X$1" in
X-nh|X-nohist*) withhistfile=; shift; continue ;;
*) break;;
esac
done
PROGRAM="$@"
if [ "$withhistfile" ]; then
HISTFILE="$HOME/.$1_history"
HISTOPT=",history=$HISTFILE"
else
HISTOPT=
fi
#
#
if test -w .; then
STDERR=./socat-readline.${1##*/}.log
rm -f $STDERR
else
STDERR=/dev/null
fi
exec socat -d readline"$HISTOPT",noecho='[Pp]assword:' exec:"$PROGRAM",sigint,pty,setsid,ctty,raw,echo=0,stderr 2>$STDERR