Add capture_output script

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/capture_output b/bin/capture_output
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8645f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/capture_output
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v pbpst)" ]; then
+	echo 'Error: pbpst is not installed' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo 'Error: no arguments supplied' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# sed removes all of the coloring, and (hopefully) all the other escape
+# sequences that col doesn't deal with well.
+script -qfe >(sed 's:\x1B\[[0-9;?]*[mKJl]::g; 1d; $d' | col -bx | pbpst -S -x1d) -c "$*"