#!

/bin/bash
# Draw-box.sh: Drawing a box using ASCII characters.
# Script by Stefano Palmeri, with minor editing by document author.
# Minor edits suggested by Jim Angstadt.
# Used in the "ABS Guide" with permission.

######################################################################
### draw_box function doc ###
# The "draw_box" function lets the user
#+ draw a box into a terminal.
#
# Usage: draw_box ROW COLUMN HEIGHT WIDTH [COLOR]
# ROW and COLUMN represent the position
#+ of the upper left angle of the box you're going to draw.
# ROW and COLUMN must be greater than 0
#+ and less than current terminal dimension.
# HEIGHT is the number of rows of the box, and must be > 0.
# HEIGHT + ROW must be <= than current terminal height.
# WIDTH is the number of columns of the box and must be > 0.
# WIDTH + COLUMN must be <= than current terminal width.
#
# E.g.: If your terminal dimension is 20x80,
# draw_box 2 3 10 45 is good
# draw_box 2 3 19 45 has bad HEIGHT value (19+2 > 20)
# draw_box 2 3 18 78 has bad WIDTH value (78+3 > 80)
#
# COLOR is the color of the box frame.
# This is the 5th argument and is optional.
# 0=black 1=red 2=green 3=tan 4=blue 5=purple 6=cyan 7=white.
# If you pass the function bad arguments,
#+ it will just exit with code 65,
#+ and no messages will be printed on stderr.
#
# Clear the terminal before you start to draw a box.
# The clear command is not contained within the function.
# This allows the user to draw multiple boxes, even overlapping ones.
### end of draw_box function doc ###
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draw_box(){
#=============#
HORZ="-"
VERT="|"
CORNER_CHAR="+"
MINARGS=4
E_BADARGS=65
#=============#

if [ $# -lt "$MINARGS" ]; then # If args are less than 4, exit.

exit $E_BADARGS
fi
# Looking for non digit chars in arguments.
# Probably it could be done better (exercise for the reader?).
if echo $@ | tr -d [:blank:] | tr -d [:digit:] | grep . &> /dev/null; then
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
BOX_HEIGHT=`expr $3 - 1` # -1 correction needed because angle char "+" is
BOX_WIDTH=`expr $4 - 1` #+ a part of both box height and width.
T_ROWS=`tput lines` # Define current terminal dimension
T_COLS=`tput cols` #+ in rows and columns.
if [ $1 -lt 1 ] || [ $1 -gt $T_ROWS ]; then # Start checking if arguments
exit $E_BADARGS #+ are correct.
fi
if [ $2 -lt 1 ] || [ $2 -gt $T_COLS ]; then
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT + 1` -gt $T_ROWS ]; then
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH + 1` -gt $T_COLS ]; then
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
if [ $3 -lt 1 ] || [ $4 -lt 1 ]; then
exit $E_BADARGS
fi # End checking arguments.
plot_char(){ # Function within a function.
echo -e "\E[${1};${2}H"$3
}
echo -ne "\E[3${5}m" # Set box frame color, if defined.
# start drawing the box
count=1 # Draw vertical lines using
for (( r=$1; count<=$BOX_HEIGHT; r++)); do #+ plot_char function.
plot_char $r $2 $VERT
let count=count+1
done
count=1
c=`expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH`
for (( r=$1; count<=$BOX_HEIGHT; r++)); do
plot_char $r $c $VERT
let count=count+1
done
count=1 # Draw horizontal lines using
for (( c=$2; count<=$BOX_WIDTH; c++)); do #+ plot_char function.
plot_char $1 $c $HORZ
let count=count+1
done
count=1
r=`expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT`
for (( c=$2; count<=$BOX_WIDTH; c++)); do
plot_char $r $c $HORZ
let count=count+1
done
plot_char $1 $2 $CORNER_CHAR # Draw box angles.
plot_char $1 `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH` $CORNER_CHAR
plot_char `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT` $2 $CORNER_CHAR
plot_char `expr $1 + $BOX_HEIGHT` `expr $2 + $BOX_WIDTH` $CORNER_CHAR
echo -ne "\E[0m" # Restore old colors.
P_ROWS=`expr $T_ROWS - 1` # Put the prompt at bottom of the terminal.
echo -e "\E[${P_ROWS};1H"
}

# Now, let's try drawing a box.

clear # Clear the terminal.
R=2 # Row
C=3 # Column
H=10 # Height
W=45 # Width
col=1 # Color (red)
draw_box $R $C $H $W $col # Draw the box.
exit 0
# Exercise:
# --------
# Add the option of printing text within the drawn box.