imgcat.sh

#!/bin/bash

# print_image filename inline base64contents
#   filename: Filename to convey to client
#   inline: 0 or 1
#   base64contents: Base64-encoded contents
function print_image() {
    printf '\033]1337;File='
    if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
      printf 'name='`echo -n "$1" | base64`";"
    fi
    if $(base64 --version 2>&1 | grep GNU > /dev/null)
    then
      BASE64ARG=-d
    else
      BASE64ARG=-D
    fi
    echo -n "$3" | base64 $BASE64ARG | wc -c | awk '{printf "size=%d",$1}'
    printf ";inline=$2"
    printf ":"
    echo -n "$3"
    printf '\a\n'
}

function error() {
    echo "ERROR: $*" 1>&2
}

function show_help() {
    echo "Usage: imgcat filename ..." 1>& 2
    echo "   or: cat filename | imgcat" 1>& 2
}

## Main

if [ -t 0 ]; then
    has_stdin=f
else
    has_stdin=t
fi

# Show help if no arguments and no stdin.
if [ $has_stdin = f -a $# -eq 0 ]; then
    show_help
    exit
fi

# Look for command line flags.
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    case "$1" in
    -h|--h|--help)
        show_help
        exit
        ;;
    -*)
        error "Unknown option flag: $1"
        show_help
        exit 1
      ;;
    *)
        if [ -r "$1" ] ; then
            print_image "$1" 1 "$(base64 < "$1")"
        else
            error "imgcat: $1: No such file or directory"
            exit 2
        fi
        ;;
    esac
    shift
done

# Read and print stdin
if [ $has_stdin = t ]; then
    print_image "" 1 "$(cat | base64)"
fi

exit 0