Broadcast messages to a Palworld server

messageServer.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# messageServer: A simple script to split input and format it for broadcast to
# a Palworld server using ARRCON (https://github.com/radj307/ARRCON).
#
# Author: Alex Fornuto 2024 <[email protected]>

input=$1
# For Debugging
#printf 'You entered: "%s"\n' "$input"

# Breaks up the input to the script into an array of lines no longer than 30
# characters, without breaking up words.
splitinput=()
while IFS= read -r line; do
    
    splitinput+=($(echo "$line" |  sed $'s/\(.\\{1,30\\}\) /\\1\\\n/g;s/ /_/g'))

done <<<"$input"

# For Debugging
#printf 'Split for Palworld as "%s"\n' "${splitinput[@]}"

for msg in "${splitinput[@]}"; do
    # For Debugging
    #echo "$msg"

    ## For Debugging
    #printf 'Value of msg is: "%s"\n' "$msg"
    #charcount="$(expr $(echo $msg | wc -m) - $(echo $msg | wc -l) )"
    #printf 'Char count: "%s"\n' "$charcount"
    #echo "$charcount"

    # This line assumes that the ARRCON binary is in the same directory as this
    # script, and there's a configuration previously saved as 'local' with the
    # `--save-host` flag.
    echo Broadcast $msg | ./ARRCON -S local
done