added pretty formatting to make easy reading in bash, format is now t…

…he default, each json element separated by a , is printed on a new line. Each object opening brace { indents the output by 3 spaces, each closing brace } removes three spaces from the indent, each { and } is presented on a new line. Added set -e to kill on error

linode_bash_api

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 #Released under the Simplified BSD License see the LICENSE file at the above url
 #README also found at the above url
 
+set -e
+
 APIURL="https://api.linode.com/"
 APIKEY=""
 COMMAND=""
 DATA=""
 VERBOSE=0
-VERSION="20110619"
+VERSION="20110621"
 
 #check if curl is installed
 hash curl 2>/dev/null || { echo "Curl is required but is not installed or not in PATH. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ Linode Bash API $VERSION
 options:
 -h Help
 -v Verbose
--F arg Response format, default json, options wddx or human
+-F arg Response format, default bash (easily readable in a shell, formatted from json), options, json wddx or human (html)
 -k arg API Key to use
 -f arg File to get API key from, key must be the only string on the first line
 -c arg The command to run, for a list of commands see http:https://www.linode.com/api
@@ -102,6 +104,37 @@ then
 echo "Running curl -d $DATA $APIURL"
 fi
 
-curl -d "$DATA" "$APIURL"
-echo ""
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -d "$DATA" "$APIURL")
+
+if [[ $DATA != *api_responseFormat* ]]
+then
+ RESPONSE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | sed 's/,/ /g' | sed 's/\([{}]\)/ \1 /g')
+
+ INDENT=0
+ for R in $RESPONSE
+ do
+ if [[ $R == *{* ]]
+ then
+ ((INDENT++))
+ fi
+
+ while ((i<INDENT))
+ do
+ echo -n " "
+ ((i++))
+ done
+ i=0
+
+ if [[ $R == *}* ]]
+ then
+ ((INDENT--))
+ fi
+
+ echo "$R"
+ done
+
+else
+ echo "$RESPONSE"
+fi
+