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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# cli_readFileContent.sh -- This function outputs content files, passed
+# as first argument, to standard output as specified by second
+# argument.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Alain Reguera Delgado
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+# USA.
+# 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# $Id$
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function cli_readFileContent {
+
+    local FILES="$1"
+
+    # Verify existence of files.
+    cli_checkFiles "$FILES"
+
+    # Print content of files to standard output. 
+    case "$2" in
+
+        '--first-line' )
+            cat "$FILES" | head -n 1
+            ;;
+
+        '--last-line' )
+            cat "$FILES" | tail -n 1
+            ;;
+
+        '--copyright' )
+            # This option prints the first line of a file, if it has a
+            # copyright format. This option is mainly used to retrive
+            # artistic motif author copyright note from artistic
+            # motifs `authors.txt' file.
+            local PATTERN='^Copyright (\(C\)|©) [0-9]+(-[0-9]+)? .+$'
+            if [[ $(cli_readFileContent "$FILES" '--first-line') =~ "${PATTERN}" ]];then
+                cli_readFileContent "$FILES" '--first-line'
+            fi
+            ;;
+
+        '--all-lines' | * )
+            cat "$FILES"
+    esac
+
+}