#! /usr/bin/env bash

# Flatten a multi-line PXELINUX config file ignoring comments/blank lines.
#
# The text that appears after the 'append' clause in PXELINUX config files
# must all be on a single line. There is no support even for line
# continuation. This makes managing complex configurations a pain.
#
# To help with this situation, this script will take a milt-line file (or
# stdin if none is specified) and write flattened, single line output into
# stdout ignoring #-comments and blank lines while at it.
#
# If you have prepared your PXELINUX config file so that the 'append' clause
# is the last line without a trailing newline (but with a trailing space),
# then you can do:
#
# pxeflatten pxeconfig >>pxelinux.cfg/default
#
usage="usage: $0 [<file>]"

owd="$(pwd)"
trap "{ cd '$owd'; exit 1; }" ERR
set -o errtrace # Trap in functions.

function info () { echo "$*" 1>&2; }
function error () { info "$*"; exit 1; }

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  input="-"
else
  input="$1"
fi

s=
l=
while read l || [ -n "$l" ]; do
  echo -n "$s$l"
  s=" "
done < <(sed -e '/^\s*#/d;/^\s*$/d;s/\s\s*/ /g' "$input")
echo # Final newline.