helm/weechat/bin/wee.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Pipes input to the weechat fifo (strips commented lines
# and prepends * to commands).

fifos=$(echo "$HOME/.weechat/weechat_fifo_*")
if [[ -z "$fifos" ]]; then
    >&2 echo "No FIFOs. Is weechat running?"
    exit 1
fi

rd() {
    if [ -t 0 ]; then
        cat $@
    else
        while read -r line; do
            echo $line
        done
    fi | sed '/^ *\(#\|$\)/ d;s/^/*/g'
}

if [[ "$1" = "-d" ]]; then
    shift
    rd $@
else
    rd $@ > $HOME/.weechat/weechat_fifo_*
fi