v3.0 - improve readIniFile() (#1128)

- grep -c equals grep | wc -l
- make output prettier
- work with variable instead of temporary file

+ a few minor changes/cleanup

updater.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## arkenfox user.js updater for macOS and Linux
 
-## version: 2.9
+## version: 3.0
 ## Author: Pat Johnson (@overdodactyl)
 ## Additional contributors: @earthlng, @ema-pe, @claustromaniac
 
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ Optional Arguments:
 #     File Handling     #
 #########################
 
-# Download files
 download_file () { # expects URL as argument ($1)
   declare -r tf=$(mktemp)
 
@@ -122,36 +121,33 @@ open_file () { # expects one argument: file_path
 
 readIniFile () { # expects one argument: absolute path of profiles.ini
   declare -r inifile="$1"
-  declare -r tfile=$(mktemp)
 
-  if [ $(grep '^\[Profile' "$inifile" | wc -l) == "1" ]; then ### only 1 profile found
-    grep '^\[Profile' -A 4 "$inifile" | grep -v '^\[Profile' > $tfile
+  # tempIni will contain: [ProfileX], Name=, IsRelative= and Path= (and Default= if present) of the only (if) or the selected (else) profile
+  if [ $(grep -c '^\[Profile' "${inifile}") -eq "1" ]; then ### only 1 profile found
+    tempIni="$(grep '^\[Profile' -A 4 "${inifile}")"
   else
-    grep -E -v '^\[General\]|^StartWithLastProfile=|^IsRelative=' "$inifile"
-    echo ''
+    echo -e "Profiles found:\n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––"
+    ## cmd-substitution to strip trailing newlines and in quotes to keep internal ones:
+    echo "$(grep --color=never -E 'Default=[^1]|\[Profile[0-9]*\]|Name=|Path=|^$' "${inifile}")"
+    echo '––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––'
     read -p 'Select the profile number ( 0 for Profile0, 1 for Profile1, etc ) : ' -r
     echo -e "\n"
     if [[ $REPLY =~ ^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$ ]]; then
-      grep '^\[Profile'${REPLY} -A 4 "$inifile" | grep -v '^\[Profile'${REPLY} > $tfile
-      if [[ "$?" != "0" ]]; then
-        echo "Profile${REPLY} does not exist!" && exit 1
-      fi
+      tempIni="$(grep "^\[Profile${REPLY}" -A 4 "${inifile}")" || {
+        echo -e "${RED}Profile${REPLY} does not exist!${NC}" && exit 1
+      }
     else
-      echo "Invalid selection!" && exit 1
+      echo -e "${RED}Invalid selection!${NC}" && exit 1
     fi
   fi
 
-  declare -r profpath=$(grep '^Path=' $tfile)
-  declare -r pathisrel=$(grep '^IsRelative=' $tfile)
+  # extracting 0 or 1 from the "IsRelative=" line
+  declare -r pathisrel=$(sed -n 's/^IsRelative=\([01]\)$/\1/p' <<< "${tempIni}")
 
-  rm "$tfile"
-
-  # update global variable
-  if [[ ${pathisrel#*=} == "1" ]]; then
-    PROFILE_PATH="$(dirname "$inifile")/${profpath#*=}"
-  else
-    PROFILE_PATH="${profpath#*=}"
-  fi
+  # extracting only the path itself, excluding "Path="
+  PROFILE_PATH=$(sed -n 's/^Path=\(.*\)$/\1/p' <<< "${tempIni}")
+  # update global variable if path is relative
+  [[ ${pathisrel} == "1" ]] && PROFILE_PATH="$(dirname "${inifile}")/${PROFILE_PATH}"
 }
 
 getProfilePath () {
@@ -161,16 +157,14 @@ getProfilePath () {
   if [ "$PROFILE_PATH" = false ]; then
     PROFILE_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR"
   elif [ "$PROFILE_PATH" = 'list' ]; then
-    local ini=''
     if [[ -f "$f1" ]]; then
-      ini="$f1"
+      readIniFile "$f1" # updates PROFILE_PATH or exits on error
     elif [[ -f "$f2" ]]; then
-      ini="$f2"
+      readIniFile "$f2"
     else
       echo -e "${RED}Error: Sorry, -l is not supported for your OS${NC}"
       exit 1
     fi
-    readIniFile "$ini" # updates PROFILE_PATH or exits on error
   #else
     # PROFILE_PATH already set by user with -p
   fi
@@ -191,9 +185,7 @@ get_updater_version () {
 #   -d: New version will not be looked for and update will not occur
 #   -u: Check for update, if available, execute without asking
 update_updater () {
-  if [ $UPDATE = 'no' ]; then
-    return 0 # User signified not to check for updates
-  fi
+  [ $UPDATE = 'no' ] && return 0 # User signified not to check for updates
 
   declare -r tmpfile="$(download_file 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arkenfox/user.js/master/updater.sh')"
   [ -z "${tmpfile}" ] && echo -e "${RED}Error! Could not download updater.sh${NC}" && return 1 # check if download failed
@@ -214,7 +206,6 @@ update_updater () {
   exit 0
 }
 
-
 #########################
 #    Update user.js     #
 #########################