scripts: added dumpbeatify.sh

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/dumpbeatify.sh b/scripts/dumpbeatify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c4fd47ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dumpbeatify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# aligns the output of dump command as a nice tree
+# usage:
+# herbstclient dump | ./dumpbeatify.sh
+
+indent=""
+
+# an ugly hack, but it's okey:
+IFS="" # we do not need fields
+# but with IFS="" read -n 1 can read spaces :)
+
+function p(){
+    while read -n 1 p ; do
+        [ "$p" = '(' ] && echo -en '\n'"$indent"'(' && indent+=' ' && ( p ) && continue
+        [ "$p" = ')' ] && echo -en ')' && return 0
+        echo -n "$p"
+    done
+    echo
+}
+
+p | sed '/^[ ]*$/d'
+