Search for packages and return formatted names and descriptions: to be used to feed into fzf :):(

yay-search-pkg-array.sh

#!/bin/bash
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####:   DEFINE_CHAR_VARIABLES
##: {{{ DEFINE_CHAR_VARIABLES


_thin_line_sep="---------------------------------------------------"
_thicc_line_sep="==================================================="


##:     DEFINE_CHAR_VARIABLES }}}
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####:   DECLARE_PACKAGE_ARRAY
##: {{{ DECLARE_PACKAGE_ARRAY


declare -a packageArray
packageArray=(
             "fzf"
             "zsh"
             "neovim"
             "tmux"
             "git"
             )

##:     DECLARE_PACKAGE_ARRAY }}}
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####:   SAVE_TERMINIAL
##: {{{ SAVE_TERMINIAL 


tput smcup ; clear


##:     SAVE_TERMINIAL}}}
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####:   MAIN_LOOP
##: {{{ MAIN_LOOP

#awk -F'/' '{printf "%-52s%-15s%-20s%-28s%-15s%-15s%-15s\n", "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6" "$7"

printf "%s\n" "${_thicc_line_sep}"
for searchpackage in "${packageArray[@]}"
do
  printf "Searching for %s\n" "${searchpackage}" 
  printf "%s\n" "${_thin_line_sep}" 
  #sed 's/\r/\s/g' <(yay -Si --singlelineresults "${searchpackage}" | egrep --regex '(Name)|(Description)|(Version)|(Conflicts With)|(Depends On)' | cut -d':' -f2- )
  sed 's/\r\n//g' <(yay -Si --singlelineresults "${searchpackage}" | grep --extended-regex --regex '(Name)|(Description)' | cut -d':' -f2- )
  printf "%s\n" "${_thin_line_sep}" 
  read -s -r
  sleep 3
  clear
done
printf "%s\n" "${_thicc_line_sep}"


##:     MAIN_LOOP }}}
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####:   RESTORE_TERMINIAL
##: {{{ RESTORE_TERMINIAL


tput rmcup


##:     RESTORE_TERMINIAL }}}
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####:   CLEANUP_TASKS
##: {{{ CLEANUP_TASKS 

printf "\n\nGOODBYE\n\n"


#sed 's/)  */)\t/g'  | 
#    awk -F'\t' '{printf "%-52s%-15s%-20s%-28s%-15s%-15s%-15s\n",
#                         $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7}'





##:     CLEANUP_TASKS }}}
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