#!/usr/bin/env bash # # If called with a single argument, try running the help builtin for the given # keyword, writing its output to a file. If it succeeds, show that. If not, # pass the call to man(1). # # This was written so it could be used as a 'keywordprg' in Vim for Bash files; # you can then use the K normal-mode binding over both shell builtins (e.g. read, # set, export) and external programs (e.g. cat, grep, ed). # # :set keywordprg=han # # You could put the above command in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/sh.vim like this: # # " Use han(1) as a man(1) wrapper for Bash files if available # if exists("b:is_bash") && executable('han') # setlocal keywordprg=han # endif # # Author: Tom Ryder # Copyright: 2015 Inspire Net Ltd # self=han # Give up completely if no BASH_VERSINFO (<2.0) if ! [ -n "$BASH_VERSINFO" ] ; then exit fi # Figure out the options with which we can call help; Bash >=4.0 has an -m # option which prints the help output in a man-page like format. declare -a helpopts if ((BASH_VERSINFO[0] >= 4)) ; then helpopts=(-m) fi # Create a temporary file and set up a trap to get rid of it. tmpdir=$(mktemp -dt "$self".XXXXXX) || exit cleanup() { rm -fr -- "$tmpdir" } trap cleanup EXIT # If we have exactly one argument and a call to the help builtin with that # argument succeeds, display its output with `pager -s`. if (($# == 1)) && \ help "${helpopts[@]}" "$1" >"$tmpdir"/"$1".help 2>/dev/null ; then (cd -- "$tmpdir" && pager -s -- "$1".help) # Otherwise, just pass all the arguments to man(1). else man "$@" fi