[Slackbuilds-users] requirements in README files

[Ben Mendis]

I did it.

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#!/bin/bash

read LINE

LINE=${LINE/This requires /}  # Remove the leading 'This requires'
LINE=${LINE/and /}  # Remove the 'and '
LINE=${LINE%.}  # Remove the trailing '.'

while [ ${#LINE} != "0" ]  # loop until the line is empty (fully-processed)
do
PKG=${LINE%%, *}  # grab the text up to the first comma (if any)
echo Dep: $PKG
LINE=${LINE:${#PKG}}  # subtract that string from the beginning of the line
LINE=${LINE#, }  # remove the leading ', ' if any
done
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Matteo Bernardini <
matteo.bernardini at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2012/7/10 J <j at dawnrazor.net>:
> > This requires x, y, and z.
> >
> > since that is currently the most popular format and so it makes sense to
> > adopt that as the format in question.
>
> a small thing that comes to mind: this form is easily parseable with
> perl, but it won't be that easy with other scripting languages, like
> bash.
> so, in the evenience, maybe another more parsing-friendly should be
> preferred (any choiche shouldn't be a problem for your perl scripts).
>
> Matteo
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