update

mc

@@ -65,13 +65,28 @@ function backup() {
 
 
 function first() {
-    echo "$@" | cut --delimiter=" " --fields="-1"
+    echo "$1" 
+}
+
+function second() {
+    first $(rest "${@}")
 }
 
 function rest() {
-    if (( "${#@}" > 1 )); then
+    drop 1 "$@"
-        echo "$@" | cut --delimiter=" " --fields="2-"
+}
+
+function drop() {
+    if (( 1 == "$#" )); then
+        return 0
     fi
+
+    if (( "$#" < 1 )); then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    shift $(( 1 + $1 )) 
+    echo "$@" 
 }
 
 function usage() {
@@ -86,6 +101,8 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 args=("$@")
+
+function main() {
     # remove command from arg list while preserving quoted strings.
     args=("${args[@]:1}")
     
@@ -93,13 +110,13 @@ if [[ ! $(which jq) ]]; then echo "jq is required"; exit 1; fi
     
     for command in "${!commands[@]}"; do
         if [[ "$1" == "${command}" ]]; then
-        if [[ "$(first $(rest ${commands[$1]}))" == "POST" ]]; then
+            if [[ "$(second ${commands[$1]})" == "POST" ]]; then
-            curl -sS "${headers[@]}" -X "$(first $(rest ${commands[$1]}))" "${base_url}$(first "${commands[$1]}")" -d "$(printf "$(rest $(rest ${commands[$1]}))\n" "${args[@]}")"
+                curl -sS "${headers[@]}" -X "$(second ${commands[$1]})" "${base_url}$(first "${commands[$1]}")" -d "$(printf "$(rest $(rest ${commands[$1]}))\n" "${args[@]}")"
                 echo ""
-        elif [[ "$(first $(rest ${commands[$1]}))" == "FUNC" ]]; then
+            elif [[ "$(second ${commands[$1]})" == "FUNC" ]]; then
                 eval "$(first ${commands[$1]})"
             else
-            curl -sS "${headers[@]}" -X "$(first $(rest ${commands[$1]}))" "${base_url}$(first "${commands[$1]}")"
+                curl -sS "${headers[@]}" -X "$(second ${commands[$1]})" "${base_url}$(first "${commands[$1]}")"
                 echo ""
             fi
     
@@ -110,3 +127,9 @@ done
     printf "${0}: invalid option -- $1\n"
     usage
     exit 1
+}
+
+
+if [[ "$(basename "$0")" == "mc" ]]; then
+    main "${args[@]}"
+fi

mc-test.sh

@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ function assert() {
 	return 1
 }
 
-function test_assert() {
-	local string="one two three four"
-	assert "$(rest ${string})" "$(rest ${string})"
-}
-test_assert
-
 function first_func_returns_first_item() {
 	local string="one two three four"
 	assert "$(first ${string})" "one"