From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 23:03:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: update(README):Clarify `user` directory X-Git-Tag: 0.4.0^0 X-Git-Url: https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/BK-2020-03.git/commitdiff_plain/2feb5df8cfd56437119d3dbbc55174b5ee31d005?hp=-c update(README):Clarify `user` directory It is a directory meant to contain scripts regularly called directly by user. --- 2feb5df8cfd56437119d3dbbc55174b5ee31d005 diff --git a/README.org b/README.org index 261cdf5..943649e 100644 --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ -* Baltakatei Executable Development - -The purpose of this project is to create and maintain executables -produced by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval. - -** Contents - +* Baltakatei Executables Development +#+TITLE: Baltakatei Executables Development +#+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval +#+DATE:2021-03-04 +#+EMAIL:baltakatei@gmail.com +#+LANGUAGE: en +#+OPTIONS: toc:nil + +** Summary +This repository contains publicly-sharable executables used by Steven +Baltakatei Sandoval. produced by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval. + +** Directory Structure *** ~archive~ This directory contains files not actively used but useful for understanding long-term history of this project. - *** ~doc~ This directory contains documentation about files in this project. - *** ~sysutils~ This directory contains executable utilities meant to change operating system settings. @@ -22,9 +26,6 @@ An example executable to be stored here may include: - A bash script that runs ~apt~ to configure a Debian GNU/Linux machine to compile executable binaries from source. -- A bash script that appends the last modification date to a file name - would go here. - *** ~unitproc~ This directory contains executables meant to process data produced by @@ -42,3 +43,18 @@ Example executables to be stored here may include: - A bash script that uses ~inotifywait~ to hash files immediately after they are modified and log the hashes to an option-specified path on disk. + +*** ~user~ +This directory contains executables meant to be regularly called +directly by the user to perform one-off tasks. + +Examples may include: + +- A bash script that appends the last modification date to a file name + would go here. +- A bash script that compresses a file with custom compression + settings. +- A bash script that generates a random passphrase with a custom + alphabet and adjustable entropy. +- A bash script that initializes a multiwindow terminal emulator + (i.e. ~tilix~) with custom initial working directories. diff --git a/prvt b/prvt index 6f119fd..7805afe 160000 --- a/prvt +++ b/prvt @@ -1 +1 @@ -Subproject commit 6f119fd840e2cfc0b45f76e2afb1f7b9cdc35d9b +Subproject commit 7805afe3ed275beedcd6928d1b97cf194fe7766a diff --git a/user/bknpass b/user/bknpass new file mode 100755 index 0000000..c1c1d1a --- /dev/null +++ b/user/bknpass @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +#!/bin/bash + +# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com) +# +# License: This bash script, `bknpass`, is licensed under GPLv3 or +# later by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval: +# +# `bknpass`, an alphanumeric password generator +# Copyright (C) 2021 Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com) +# +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +# any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# A copy of the GNU General Public License may be found at +# . +# +# Description: This bash script generates alphanumeric passphrases +# with a char-count determined by a user-provided number of bits of +# entropy. The passphrase is then outputted to stdout with a trailing +# newline. It works as follows: +# +# - Prompt user for an integer. This integer is the number of bits +# of entropy that the generated password should have. +# +# - Check if user-provided string is an integer using `bash` regular +# expression test. +# +# - Calculate the minimum number of bech32 base32 characters +# required to encode the specified number of bits of entropy. +# +# - This step uses `bc` to calculate a logarithm float string +# and `awk` to convert the float into an integer, rounding up. +# +# - Use `tr`, `/dev/urandom`, and `head` to generate a random +# alphanumeric string with the length calculated in the previous +# step. +# +# - Use `echo` to display the passphrase in stdout with a trailing +# newline. +# +# Usage: bknpass [int] +# +# Example: bknpass 256 +# +# Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head. See end of file +# +# Tested on: +# +# - GNU/Linux Debian 10 + + +#==Initialization== + +let ALPHABET_SIZE="32" # number of unique chars in bech32 base32 charset +LOG_BASE=2 # Set logarithm base to 2 + +# Define `echoerr` function which outputs text to stderr + # Note: function copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/2990533 +function echoerr { + echo "$@" 1>&2; +} + +# Define `rpass` function which generates a base32 passphrase of length $1 (ex: `rpass 20` generates a 20-char string) +# Note: function adapted from https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ +# Note: base32 charset uses bech32 charset +function rpass { + cat /dev/urandom | LC_ALL=C tr -cd "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l" | head -c ${1:-22} +} + + +#==Main Program== + +# Define $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 as argument $1 or prompt user if $1 is not defined. +# Note: argument test adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 +if [ -z "$1" ] +then + echo "Entropy bit count argument (\$1) not supplied." + # Get from user the number of bits of entropy. + echoerr -n "Please specify the required strength of the password in bits of entropy (ex: 256):" # prompt via stderr + read ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 +else + ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1="$1" +fi + +# Check if $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 is an non-negative integer +# Note: Regular expression test is adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 +RETEST1='^[0-9]+$' +if ! [[ $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 =~ $RETEST1 ]] ; then + echo "error: Not an integer." >&2; exit 1 +fi + +# Calculate minimum count of chars needed to encode $ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 with alphabet size of $ALPHABET_SIZE as float +# Solve ln(a^n)/ln(2)=b for n using `bc` where +# a=$ALPHABET_SIZE +# n=$CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT +# b=$ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1 +# Note: `bc` logarithm usage adapted from http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bashlog +CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT=$(echo "$ENTROPY_BIT_COUNT1*l($LOG_BASE)/l($ALPHABET_SIZE)" | bc -l) +# Note: Float will be of form "21.49744370650136860806". +# Note: This particular example float should be rounded to "22" later. + +# Round $CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT1 up to next highest integer for use as argument in later bash functions. +# Note: awk expression from https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html +CHAR_COUNT1=$(echo "$CHAR_COUNT1_FLOAT" | awk '{print ($0-int($0)>0)?int($0)+1:int($0)}') + +# Generate passphrase +PASS1=$(rpass "$CHAR_COUNT1") +echo -e "$PASS1" + + +#==References== +# +# - How to echo a string as stderr instead of stdout. +# https://stackoverflow.com/a/2990533 +# Author: James Roth +# Date: 2010-06-07T14:52Z +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - How to check if script argument exists or not. +# https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 +# Author: phoxix +# Date: 2011-06-26T05:55Z +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - How to check that a string is an integer using regular expression test. +# https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 +# Author: Charles Duffy +# Date: 2009-04-30T13:32Z +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - How to use `bc` to calculate logarithms in Bash +# http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bashlog +# Author: unknown +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - How to use `awk` to convert and round up a float to an integer. +# https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html +# Author: Md. Minhazul Haque +# Date: 2015-01-09 +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - How to use `/dev/urandom`, `tr`, and `head` to generate a random password in Bash. +# https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ +# Author: SASIKALA, Ramesh Natarajan +# Date: 2010-04-21 +# Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 +# +# - Bech32 base32 charset +# https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki +# Author: Pieter Wuille +# Date: 2017-03-20 +# License: BSD-2-Clause +# Date: Accessed: 2021-01-23 +# +# - Dependencies: bash, echo, bc, awk, tr, head. +# +# - GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +# Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later +# This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. +# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +# +# - echo (GNU coreutils) 8.30 +# Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . +# This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +# +# Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. +# +# - bc 1.07.1 +# Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# +# - GNU Awk 4.2.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2) +# Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation. +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. +# +# - tr (GNU coreutils) 8.30 +# Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . +# This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +# +# Written by Jim Meyering. +# +# - head (GNU coreutils) 8.30 +# Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . +# This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +# +# Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. diff --git a/user/bkxz b/user/bkxz new file mode 100755 index 0000000..465369a --- /dev/null +++ b/user/bkxz @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +#!/bin/bash + +# Date: 2020-04-09T00:09Z + +# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval + +# Description: Compresses a file or directory using xz at max +# settings. Saves compressed .tar.xz file in the same directory as the +# original file. + +# Usage: bkxz [ file or dir ] + +echoerr() { echo "$@" 1>&2; } # Define error display function. + +TARGET="$1" # Identify first argument as target file or directory. + +if ! command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1; then # Check that 'tar' command exists. + echoerr "ERROR: Command doesn't exist: tar"; +fi + +if ! command -v xz >/dev/null 2>&1; then # check that 'xz' command exist. + echoerr "ERROR: Command doesn't exist: xz. Suggestion: Install 'xz-utils' package."; + exit 1; +fi + +if ! ( [ -f "$TARGET" ] || [ -d "$TARGET" ] ); then # check that TARGET is a file or dir. + echoerr "ERROR: Target is not a file or dir."; exit 1; +fi + + +TARGET_BASENAME="$(basename "$TARGET")" # Save name of target's basename (ex: 'input.txt' from '/tmp/input.txt'). +TARGET_DIRNAME="$(dirname "$TARGET")" # Save name of target's directory (ex: '/tmp' from '/tmp/input.txt'). + +OUTPUT="$TARGET_DIRNAME"/"$TARGET_BASENAME".tar.xz # Define output file to be in same location as target but with .tar.xz extension. + +pushd "$TARGET_DIRNAME" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 # Temporarily navigate to directory holding TARGET. +tar cf - "$TARGET_BASENAME" | xz -9e --lzma2=dict=1536MiB,mf=bt4,nice=273,depth=1000 > "$OUTPUT" +echoerr "Archive saved at: $OUTPUT" +popd 1>/dev/null 2>&1 # Return to original working directory.