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[wall-notify/wall-notify.git] / contrib / message.sh

diff --git a/contrib/message.sh b/contrib/message.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Small helper script to remove terminal control characters which are sent by
+# `wall`. Useful in combination with e.g. `xmessage`.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2014  Simon Ruderich
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+set -e
+
+
+sed 's/\r//g; s/\a//g' | "$@"