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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # ============================================================================ | |
| # Maintainer: Joe Black | |
| # Contact: https://github.com/joeblackwaslike | |
| # | |
| # Copyright (c) 2025 Joe Black | |
| # | |
| # License: MIT | |
| # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
| # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
| # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
| # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
| # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
| # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
| # | |
| # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all | |
| # copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
| # | |
| # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR | |
| # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | |
| # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | |
| # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER | |
| # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, | |
| # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE | |
| # SOFTWARE. | |
| # | |
| # In short: Do what you want, just credit Joe Black. For questions, suggestions, | |
| # or contributions, reach out via GitHub. | |
| # ============================================================================ | |
| # Function to display usage/help message | |
| show_usage() { | |
| local script_name | |
| script_name="$(basename "$0")" | |
| echo "Usage: $script_name [--input-file <file>]" | |
| echo -e "\n--input-file <file|https-url>: Path or https URL to a file containing one VS Code extension ID per line (default: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joeblackwaslike/2767cc00b6aa45a15f5369f7189260a0/raw/27c47c9f9e6c2376e9b7193be7178eb77c2a428c/vscode-exts.txt)." | |
| echo -e "\nThis script installs the latest extension from the microsoft marketplace for each extension ID listed in the input file." | |
| } | |
| # Function to display error and usage, then exit | |
| error_and_usage() { | |
| echo "Error: $1" | |
| show_usage | |
| exit 1 | |
| } | |
| # Default values for CLI flags | |
| input_file="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joeblackwaslike/2767cc00b6aa45a15f5369f7189260a0/raw/27c47c9f9e6c2376e9b7193be7178eb77c2a428c/vscode-exts.txt" | |
| # Temp directory for remote downloads. Empty means no temp dir used. | |
| temp_dir="" | |
| # Parse arguments | |
| if [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then | |
| show_usage | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| # Parse CLI flags | |
| while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do | |
| case "$1" in | |
| --input-file) | |
| input_file="$2" | |
| shift 2 | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| error_and_usage "Unknown argument: $1" | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| # If input_file is an https URL, download it to a temp directory and use that file | |
| # We clean up the temp directory on exit (success or failure). | |
| if [[ "$input_file" =~ ^https:// ]]; then | |
| # Ensure curl exists. We use curl for simple, reliable downloads. | |
| if ! command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| error_and_usage "curl is required to fetch remote input files over https" | |
| fi | |
| # Create a temp directory. We store the fetched file here. | |
| temp_dir="$(mktemp -d -t vscode-exts.XXXXXXXX)" || error_and_usage "Failed to create temporary directory" | |
| # Define cleanup function and register EXIT trap right after we create temp_dir | |
| cleanup() { | |
| # Only remove if we actually created it | |
| if [[ -n "$temp_dir" && -d "$temp_dir" ]]; then | |
| rm -rf "$temp_dir" | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| trap cleanup EXIT | |
| # Destination path for the downloaded list | |
| remote_list="$temp_dir/vscode-exts.txt" | |
| # Fetch the URL. -f fails on HTTP errors. -s silent. -S shows errors. -L follows redirects. | |
| if ! curl -fSsL "$input_file" -o "$remote_list"; then | |
| error_and_usage "Failed to download input file from URL: $input_file" | |
| fi | |
| # Point input_file to the downloaded local file | |
| input_file="$remote_list" | |
| fi | |
| # Check if input file exists | |
| if [[ ! -f "$input_file" ]]; then | |
| error_and_usage "File '$input_file' not found!" | |
| fi | |
| # Read file line by line and process each extension ID | |
| while IFS= read -r extensionId; do | |
| # Skip empty lines and lines starting with # (comments) | |
| if [[ -z "$extensionId" || "$extensionId" =~ ^# ]]; then | |
| continue | |
| fi | |
| # Validate extensionId format (should be publisher.name) | |
| if ! [[ "$extensionId" =~ ^[^.]+\.[^.]+$ ]]; then | |
| echo "Warning: Skipping invalid extension ID: $extensionId" | |
| continue | |
| else | |
| echo "Installing extension from marketplace: $extensionId" | |
| code --install-extension "$extensionId" | |
| fi | |
| done < "$input_file" |
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