added tlobsd help

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b486aa..49615de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ tlobsd mksymlinks
 
 Just as `tlobsd tlmgr`, this command requires the `subversion` package.
 
+### More information on `tlobsd`:
+
+```sh
+tlobsd help
+```
+
 Building the sources
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/tlobsd b/tlobsd
index 14ebc6c..2ca4495 100644
--- a/tlobsd
+++ b/tlobsd
@@ -5,10 +5,25 @@
 cmd=$@
 export tlobsd=1
 
+function help {
+    TLBINPATH=$(which latex 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\/latex$//')
+    echo -e "
+Known actions to \033[1mtlobsd\033[0m:
+  \033[4mhelp\033[0m\t\tPrints this page.
+  \033[4mtlmgr\033[0m\t\tThis action accepts the exact same options and arguments as \033[4mtlmgr(1)\033[0m.
+  \033[4mmksymlinks\033[0m\tUpdates all existing links in \033[4m${TLBINPATH}\033[0m
+  \t\tand installs new links.
+  \033[4mversion\033[0m\tGives version information.
+"
+}
+
 # no $cmd
 if [[ -z ${cmd} ]];then
     echo "$(basename $0): unknown action"
     exit 1
+# help
+elif [[ $1 == "help" ]];then
+    $cmd
 # tlmgr
 elif [[ $1 == "tlmgr" ]];then
     $cmd
@@ -21,9 +36,9 @@ elif [[ $1 == "version" ]];then
     TL_RELEASE=$(tlmgr version | awk 'FNR == 3 { print $0 }')
     TLOBSD_DATE=$(stat -t '%F' $(which tlobsd) | awk '{ gsub("\"", "", $10) }; { print $10 }')
     OPENBSD_VERSION=$(sysctl -n kern.version | awk 'FNR == 1 { print $2 }')
-    echo "${TL_RELEASE} for OpenBSD ${OPENBSD_VERSION} (Compiled ${TLOBSD_DATE})"
+    echo "${TL_RELEASE} for OpenBSD ${OPENBSD_VERSION} (Compiled ${TLOBSD_DATE})."
 # something that is unknown to tlobsd
 else
-    echo "$1 is not known to $(basename $0).  Try: ${cmd} --help if you need it."
+    echo -e "\033[1m$1\033[0m is not known to \033[1m$(basename $0)\033[0m.  Try: \033[1m${cmd} --help\033[0m if you need it, or \033[1m$(basename $0) help\033[0m."
     exit 1
 fi