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+#!/bin/bash
+#USAGE
+#	fontd CHAR DIR
+#		display CHAR if found in any bdf fonts in DIR/
+
+#gets font size, it can take multiple fonts as input so only get the first one
+#and assume they're all the same size
+size=$(cat $2/*bdf | grep -m 1 PIXEL_SIZE | awk '{print $2}')
+
+#get bdf bitmap info from bdf
+#fflag ensures only one result even with multiple bdfs, cflag finds the char,
+#bflag labels just the bitmap part
+bdf=$(cat $2/*bdf | awk "NR==1{fflag=0}/STARTCHAR $1$/{if(fflag==0){cflag=1;fflag=1}}/BITMAP/{if (cflag==1){bflag=1};next}/ENDCHAR/{cflag=0;bflag=0}bflag")
+
+#convert to binary, cols depends on size
+bin=$(echo $bdf | xxd -r -ps | xxd -b -c $(($size/8))|\
+#strip all the formating, replace '0' with '.' for bbrll
+sed 's/^.*://g;s/\s[^[:space:]]*$//;s/\s//g;s/0/\./g')
+
+
+#saving it as a var removed newlines, must add in with sed, send to bbrll to
+# display
+echo LOAD_RAW $bin END_RAW PRINT_BRAILLE | sed  's/\s/\n/g' | bbrll