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DevOps-Bash-tools/bin/uniq_chars.sh

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
#
# Author: Hari Sekhon
# Date: 2021-12-30 12:38:43 +0000 (Thu, 30 Dec 2021)
#
# https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools
#
# License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
#
# If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
#
# https://www.linkedin.com/in/HariSekhon
#
set -euo pipefail
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x
srcdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
. "$srcdir/lib/utils.sh"
# shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2154
usage_description="
Prints a list of unique characters in a string
Useful to check large strings like \$PATH for characters that may be causing a regex match failure
Works like a standard unix filter program - string is read from a file argument or passed via stdin
"
# used by usage() in lib/utils.sh
# shellcheck disable=SC2034
usage_args="[<file>]"
help_usage "$@"
# need GNU switches
if is_mac; then
od(){
command god "$@"
}
fi
# -c printable characters or backslash escapes
# -v don't suppress duplicates with a *, we will post process them with sort
# -w1 only output 1 char per line so we can post process with sort, can be no space between the -w and 1 otherwise it'll try to read the 1 as a file argument
od -cv -A none -w1 "$@" |
sort -bu