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#!/usr/bin/awk -f
# Copyright (c) 2026 Benjamin Linskey <contact@linskey.org>
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
# tpl: An extremely simple general-purpose templating tool.
#
# Version 1.0.0
#
# Usage: tpl [variable file] [template file...]
#
# More info: https://git.linskey.org/tpl
BEGIN { FS = "[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*" }
FILENAME == ARGV[1] && /^#/ { next }
FILENAME == ARGV[1] && NF == 2 {
# Replace template variables with previously defined values.
while (match($2, /\{\{[[:space:]]*[^\{\}[:space:]]+[[:space:]]\}\}/)) {
matched_text = substr($2, RSTART, RLENGTH)
# Extract the actual var name, without braces and space.
match(matched_text, /[^\{\}[:space:]]+/)
var_name = substr(matched_text, RSTART, RLENGTH)
# Even though matched_text contains the { and } regex
# metacharacters, we don't need to escape them because they're
# not used in a way that matches the (r){m,n} syntax.
# (We don't need to escape them elsewhere in this program
# either, but we do so for maximum clarity.)
sub(matched_text, vals[var_name], $2)
}
vals[$1] = $2
}
FILENAME == ARGV[1] { next }
/\{\{[[:space:]]*[^\{\}[:space:]]+[[:space:]]*\}\}/ {
for (key in vals) {
gsub("\{\{[[:space:]]*" key "[[:space:]]*\}\}", vals[key])
}
}
{ print }
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