Re: detect shell script language
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I need to detect the actual programming language of a script.
>>>
>>> A way of detecting it is to examine the first line searching for the
>>> "sha-bang" (#!), e.g.,
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>>>
>>> However, there are cases where this is not enough, since the script,
>>> although it has #!/bin/sh is actually written (and interpreted) in
>>> another language, e.g., Tcl.
>>>
>>> So my question is, is there another way of detecting the actual
>>> language? I mean, another convention?
>>
>> Is this internal to the script, or external (looking in)?
>>
>
> I need to detect the language of the script in order to highlight it
> accordingly (GNU source-highlight http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite)
>
> for instance I have some tcl scripts that start as follows:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # Tcl ignores the next line -*- tcl -*- \
> exec wish "$0" -- "$@"
>
> and I want them to be colorized as a Tcl script instead of a shell script
>
>> I don't think that you can accurately do what you want, because a
>> script can call multiple interpreters.
IOW, "wish" is a Tcl script?
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFE+Ag6S9HxQb37XmcRAo7sAJ4jrw5jDb9o24Tdrko14n9dliC+5wCgs3w4
sTx21WrmMOaqu71yaYKf/T0=
=gIKx
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: