A bash script to post on pastebin(s)

OK, ed-209 referred me to this script by zer0python, located here: http://www.alpadesign.com/shpost

I ended up adding features to it and in the process, making it ugly :-/. Anyway, here it is:


#!/bin/bash
# A Script that automates pasting to pastebin(s)..
# Thanks to ed-209 for this wonderful idea.. you can see his version
# which is located at http://www.alpadesign.com/shpost .. :>
#
# Author: floyd_n_milan
# Date: 08th November 2006
# Comments: Added features to the original script by zer0python
#
# Changelog:
# 08/11/06: Removed an unnecessary [ and added timeout to curl
#
# Usage: shpost.sh [-n nick] [-t type] [-s service] [-d description] \
# [-f source] [-h|--help|help]
######################################################################

function showusage
{
cat 1>&2 << EOF

nopaste: Automatic posting to pastebin(s).

Usage:
$0 [-n nick] [-t type] [-s service] [-d description] [-f source] [-h|--help|help]

Default nick is randomized.

type is one of the following:

"C89", "C", "C++", "C#"
"Java", "Pascal", "Perl"
"PHP", "PL/I", "Python"
"Ruby", "SQL", "VB"
"Plain Text"

BE SURE TO USE THE QUOTES FOR AT LEAST "Plain Text"

Default is Plain Text.

service can be one of the following:

rafb - http://rafb.net/post
sh - http://sh.nu/p/

Default is rafb.

Description must be quoted (""), if more than one word.

Default source is read from the keyboard. :-)

-h or --help or help shows this usage summery.

Mail comments, suggestions, bugs etc to
mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com
EOF
}

nick=""
lang=""
service=""
desc=""
input=""
url=""

if grep help <<<"$@"; then
showusage
exit 0
elif [[ ! $1 ]]; then
input="$(</dev/stdin)"
nick="shpostuser${$}"
lang="Plain Text"
service="rafb"
desc="shpost Post"
fi

while getopts ":n:t:s:d:f:h" opt; do
case $opt in
n )
nick="${OPTARG:=nopasteuser$$}"
;;

t )
lang="${OPTARG:="Plain Text"}"
;;

s )
service="${OPTARG:=rafb}"
;;

d )
desc="${OPTARG:="shpost Post"}"
;;

f )
input="$(<"${OPTARG:=/dev/stdin}")"
;;

h )
showusage
exit 0;;

? )
showusage
exit 64 #E_WRONGARGS (What's that?)
esac
done

input="${input:="$(</dev/stdin)"}"
nick="${nick:="shpostuser${$}"}"
lang="${lang:="Plain Text"}"
service="${service:="rafb"}"
desc="${desc:="shpost Post"}"

if [[ $service = rafb ]]; then
url=$(\
curl -i --connect-timeout 10\
-F "lang=$lang" \
-F "nick=$nick" \
-F "desc=$desc" \
-F "cvt_tabs=2" \
-F "text=$input" \
http://rafb.net/paste/paste.php 2>/dev/null | grep -i location)
echo "Your paste can be seen here: http://rafb.net${url:10}"
exit 0
elif [[ $service = sh ]]; then
curl --connect-timeout 10 -F "code=$input" -F "poster=$nick" http://sh.nu/p/
exit 0
fi

exit 0