do_what/do_what.py

import sys
import os
import subprocess
import configparser

# supported values: fish, bash, zsh
shell="fish"

print_file="cat"
pretty_print_file="less -R"
edit_file="vim"
list_directory="ls --color=auto"

def set_runtime_var(name, value, options=""):
	if ( shell == "fish" ):
		print("set "+name+" "+options+" \""+value+"\"")
	elif ( shell == "bash" || shell == "zsh" ):
		print("export "+name+"="+"\""+value+"\"")

def is_binary_file(filepathname):
    textchars = bytearray([7,8,9,10,12,13,27]) + bytearray(range(0x20, 0x7f)) + bytearray(range(0x80, 0x100))
    is_binary_string = lambda bytes: bool(bytes.translate(None, textchars))

    if is_binary_string(open(filepathname, 'rb').read(1024)):
       return True
    else:
       return False

def env_has(program):
	whichcall = subprocess.Popen(['which', program], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
	return whichcall.returncode

def file_len(fname):
    with open(fname) as f:
        for i, l in enumerate(f):
            pass
    return i + 1

# bootstrap the config
ENV_HOME=os.environ['HOME']
subprocess.call(['mkdir', '-p', ENV_HOME+'/.config'])
if ( os.path.isfile(ENV_HOME+'/.config/what.config') ):
	config = configparser.ConfigParser()
	config.read(ENV_HOME+'/.config/what.config')
	if ( 'DEFAULT' in config ):
		if ( 'print_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
			print_file = config['DEFAULT']['print_file']
		if ( 'pretty_print_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
			pretty_print_file = config['DEFAULT']['pretty_print_file']
		if ( 'edit_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
			pretty_print_file = config['DEFAULT']['edit_file']
		if ( 'list_directory' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
			list_directory = config['DEFAULT']['list_directory']
else:
	config = configparser.ConfigParser()
	config['DEFAULT'] = {
		'list_directory': list_directory,
		'edit_file': edit_file,
		'pretty_print_file': pretty_print_file,
		'print_file': print_file
	}
	print("echo Default config loaded.")
	with open(ENV_HOME+'/.config/what.config', 'w') as configfile:
		config.write(configfile)
		configfile.close()


if ( len(sys.argv) == 1 ):
	# list the contents of the current directory
	print(list_directory)
elif ( len(sys.argv) == 2 ):
	# absolutize the path for Python
	filearg = sys.argv[1]
	path = sys.argv[1]
	if ( path[0] != "/" and path[0] != "~" and path[0] != "." ):
		path = os.getcwd()+"/"+path
	
	# check if path is a file or directory
	if ( os.path.isdir(path) ):
		print(list_directory+" "+path)
		
	elif ( os.path.isfile(path) ):
		# check if file is binary
		if ( is_binary_file(path) ):
			print("echo Binary file.")
		else:
			trows, tcolumns = os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()
			if ( int(trows) - 5 < int(file_len(path)) ):
				set_runtime_var('LESSOPEN', '| /usr/share/source-highlight/src-hilite-lesspipe.sh %s')
				set_runtime_var('LESS', ' -R ')
				print(pretty_print_file+" "+path)
			else:
				print(print_file+" "+path)
		
	else:
		# check if file is a path program, then list using which
		whichcall = subprocess.Popen(['which', filearg], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
		result = whichcall.communicate()[0]
		statuscode = whichcall.returncode
		if ( int(statuscode) == 0 ):
			print("echo "+filearg+": "+result.decode('utf-8'))
		else:
			print("echo Unknown file.")