bunkdeck/proclaim

#!/bin/sh -e

# make username uppercase
username=$(echo "$USER" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
timezone=UTC
chatlog=/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log
prompt=""

makeSlug () {
    # make time and date
    time=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%I:%M%p)
    date=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%m/%d)

    # make name/time string
    prompt="${username}-${date}-${time}"
}

# enter bunkchat mode (clear the screen)
clear

while true
do
    echo "┏━┓┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸╻  ┏━┓╻┏┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
    echo "┣━┛┣┳┛┃ ┃┃  ┃  ┣━┫┃┃┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
    echo "╹  ╹┗╸┗━┛┗━╸┗━╸╹ ╹╹╹ ╹         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
    echo "Proclaim your musings, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server!"
    echo "You may view current chat with 'heed'!"
    echo "You may view old chat with 'scry'!"
    echo "----------------------------------"
    printf "speak to the server: "
    read -r text
    makeSlug
    echo "${prompt}: $text" >> $chatlog
    clear
done