commit 46c5b5bcadd6f5ce7d7ab1ae717a6d67f865a22d
Author: kitsunecafe <rowan@kitsu.cafe>
Date:   Thu Dec 12 01:39:10 2024 -0600

    initial commit

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# stic
+i got sick of manually transferring terminfo files
+
+# Usage
+
+```bash
+stic terminfo-name remote-host [...ssh-args]
+```
+
+# Example
+```bash
+stic alacritty cute.fox -p 2222
+```
+
diff --git a/stic b/stic
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+usage() {
+   echo "copy terminfo to a remote host because we're sick of this"
+   echo
+   echo "usage: stic [...ssh-args] [-h] term host"
+   echo
+   echo "Options:"
+   echo "    --help, -h     print this message"
+   echo
+   echo "Parameters:"
+   echo "    <term>         the name of the terminfo to transfer"
+   echo "    <host>         the remote host address"
+   echo
+}
+
+ensure() {
+  if ! $@ ; then
+      exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# check if any args were passed. if not, display usage information
+if [ $# == 0 ] ; then
+    usage
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+POSITIONAL_ARGS=()
+SSH_ARGS=()
+
+# parse args
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -h|--help)
+      usage
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    -*|--*)
+      SSH_ARGS+=("$1")
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      POSITIONAL_ARGS+=("$1") # save positional arg
+      shift # past argument
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+set -- "${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}" # restore positional parameter
+
+# save the term info
+TERM="${POSITIONAL_ARGS[0]}"
+
+# ssh connection string
+HOST="${POSITIONAL_ARGS[1]}"
+
+# make a temporary file to output the terminfo
+TI=`mktemp`
+
+# store the filename without directory for later
+FN=$(basename -- "$TI")
+
+# pass -o LogLevel=error to quiet the output on good connections
+ARGS="-o LogLevel=error ${SSH_ARGS[*]}"
+
+# output the terminfo
+ensure infocmp "$TERM" > "$TI"
+
+# copy the terminfo to the user's home on the remote machine
+ensure "scp $ARGS $TI $HOST:"
+
+# ssh into the machine and install the terminfo with tic
+sh -c "ssh $ARGS $HOST \"tic -x $FN && rm $FN\""
+