bashbot-lib/viewer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# this is just a library
# you will need to provide the following in the implementation:
# 1. a bash associative array populated by the library's functions

print_dashes(){
  term_cols="$(tput cols)"
  for ((i = 0; i < "${term_cols}"; i++)); do
    printf -- "-"
  done
}

view_content(){
  local -n _REF="${1}"
  print_dashes; printf "\n"
  for i in "${!_REF[@]}"; do
    [ "${i}" == "text" ] && {
      printf "[%s]  \t=\t" "${i}"
      sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g' <<< "${_REF[${i}]}"
      continue
    }
    [ ! -z "${_REF[${i}]}" ] && printf "[%s]  \t=\t%s\n" "${i}" "${_REF[${i}]}"
  done
}