Dylan's Espanso script, before and after

add-espanso-entry-new.sh

#!/bin/bash

FORM_OUTPUT=$(zenity --forms \
                     --add-entry "trigger:" \
                     --add-entry "replacement:" \
                     --add-combo "word:" --combo-values="false|true" \
                     --add-combo "propagate case:" --combo-values="true|false")

TRIGGER=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f1 | tr -d '[:space:]')
REPLACE=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f2 | tr -d '[:space:]')
WORD=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f3 | tr -d '[:space:]')
PROPAGATE_CASE=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f4 | tr -d '[:space:]')

FILE="/home/dylan/.config/espanso/default.yml"

if [[ "$TRIGGER" = "" || "$REPLACE" = "" ]]; then
    echo "Trigger and Replace are required fields"
    exit 1
else
    printf "
  - trigger: \"$TRIGGER\"
    replace: \"$REPLACE\"
    word: ${WORD:-"false"}
    propagate_case: ${PROPAGATE_CASE:-"true"}
" >> $FILE
fi

echo $REPLACE

add-espanso-entry-old.sh

#!/bin/bash

FORM_OUTPUT=$(zenity --forms \
                     --add-entry "trigger:" \
                     --add-entry "replacement:" \
                     --add-combo "word:" --combo-values="false|true" \
                     --add-combo "propagate case:" --combo-values="true|false")

TRIGGER=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f1 | tr -d '[:space:]')
REPLACE=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f2 | tr -d '[:space:]')
WORD=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f3 | tr -d '[:space:]')
PROPAGATE_CASE=$(echo $FORM_OUTPUT | cut -d "|" -f4 | tr -d '[:space:]')

if [[ "$WORD" = "" ]]; then
    WORD="false"
fi

if [[ "$PROPAGATE_CASE" = "" ]]; then
    PROPAGATE_CASE="true"
fi

FILE="/home/dylan/.config/espanso/default.yml"

if [[ "$TRIGGER" = "" || "$REPLACE" = "" ]]; then
    echo "Trigger and Replace are required fields"
    exit 1
else
    printf "
  - trigger: \"$TRIGGER\"
    replace: \"$REPLACE\"
    word: $WORD
    propagate_case: $PROPAGATE_CASE
" >> $FILE
fi

echo $REPLACE

@dougpagani

send this to stdout link

Is this just good script hygiene to be explicit? I thought echo sends to stdout when you don't redirect output.

I meant send this to stderr********************************, with >&2

@dylan-sessler

ahh gotcha thx