#! /bin/sh -e
# nps_client - script version of NightFall.city official NPS client
#
case "$1" in
    -*|'')
    printf '\n nps_client <nex host>[:<port>] \n\n'
    exit 0  ;;

    *)
    T="$(mktemp)"  H="${1%:*}"
    [ "$H" = "$1" ] && P=1915 || P="${1#*:}"
    [ "${1%:*}" = "$1" ] && H="$1" P=1915 || H="${1%:*}" P="${1#*:}"
    if [ "$T" -a -x $(which nc) ]
    then
        ${EDITOR:-vi} $T && echo "." >> $T
        nc $H $P < $T && rm $T || echo "ERROR: tempfile = $T"
    else
        echo 'ERROR: nc(1) not found.'
        exit 1
    fi  ;;
esac