├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── chat.sh


/README.md:
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 1 | # MacChat
 2 | Mac-Mac P2P Chat via SSH terminal app.
 3 | Offers Terminal-GUI chat. Terminal (/terminal emulator) on local end. GUI on remote end (Native macOS Dialog using Applescript). 
 4 | 
 5 | Features:
 6 | - P2P Chat via SSH
 7 | - Log chat
 8 | # Usage
 9 | Execute this from local on remote by running
10 | ```bash
11 | $ chmod a+x ./chat.sh
12 | $ ssh user@host.local "bash -s" < ./chat.sh "option1" "option2" "option3"
13 | ```
14 | You can specify any of these options (on invoke):
15 | ```bash
16 | options:
17 |      -h  show this help text
18 |      -t  Recipient name
19 |      -f  Sender name
20 |      -l  Log chat (flag)
21 | 
22 | Type "exit" in the chat to end the chat.
23 | ```
24 | 


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/LICENSE:
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 1 | MIT License
 2 | 
 3 | Copyright (c) 2017 Habib Rehman
 4 | 
 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
11 | 
12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software.
14 | 
15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
21 | SOFTWARE.
22 | 


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/chat.sh:
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 1 | #!/bin/bash
 2 | ################################################################################
 3 | # Mac-Mac P2P Chat via ssh                                                     #
 4 | # (C) Habib Rehman 2XXX.                                                       #
 5 | # MIT license                                                                  #
 6 | ################################################################################
 7 | 
 8 | LOG=false # Do not log by default
 9 | TO="Recipient" # Default recipient
10 | FROM="Me" # Default sender
11 | 
12 | function showOpts {
13 |   echo "options:"
14 |   echo "     -h  show this help text"
15 |   echo "     -t  Recipient name"
16 |   echo "     -f  Sender name"
17 |   echo "     -l  Log chat"
18 |   echo ""
19 |   echo "Type \"exit\" in the chat to end the chat."
20 | }
21 | # Get args
22 | while getopts 't:f:lh' flag; do
23 |   case "${flag}" in
24 |     l)
25 |       LOG=true
26 |       LOG_FNAME="$FROM-$TO `date` chat.log"
27 |       printf "=== $FROM-$TO chat log ===" >> "$LOG_FNAME"
28 |       ;;
29 |     t) TO="${OPTARG}" ;;
30 |     f) FROM="${OPTARG}" ;;
31 |     h)
32 |       showOpts
33 |       exit
34 |     ;;
35 |     *)
36 |       echo "Unexpected option ${flag}"
37 |       showOpts
38 |       exit
39 |     ;;
40 |   esac
41 | done
42 | 
43 | while [[ true ]]; do
44 |   # Read message
45 |   read -r -p "$FROM: " MESSAGE
46 |   if [[ "$MESSAGE" != 'exit' ]]; then
47 |     # Show dialog and get reply
48 |     REPLY=$(osascript -e "return \"$TO: \" & text returned of (display dialog \"$FROM: $MESSAGE\" with title \"Chat\" default answer \"\" buttons {\"Reply\"} default button 1)")
49 |     echo $REPLY
50 |     if [[ "$LOG" == true ]]; then
51 |       # log message and reply
52 |       printf "\n$FROM: $MESSAGE\n$REPLY" >> "$LOG_FNAME"
53 |     fi
54 |   else
55 |     break
56 |   fi
57 | done
58 | 
59 | # Execute this from local on remote by running
60 | # $ ssh user@host.local "bash -s" < ./chat.sh "arg1" "arg2" "arg3"
61 | 


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