(Change Version)

Optimized to not do repeated tests of tools for functions that are used more than one time.

Added boolean tested flags, and global app path variables to handle this.

this can knock off up to 10 or more type -p app exists type tests for one script execution.

inxi

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.3.3
+####  version: 1.3.4
 ####  Date: January 29 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -266,6 +266,16 @@ FILE_MOUNTS='/proc/mounts'
 FILE_PARTITIONS='/proc/partitions'
 FILE_SCSI='/proc/scsi/scsi'
 
+## app tested for and present, to avoid repeat tests
+B_FILE_TESTED='false'
+B_HDDTEMP_TESTED='false'
+B_MODINFO_TESTED='false'
+B_SUDO_TESTED='false'
+FILE_PATH=''
+HDDTEMP_PATH=''
+MODINFO_PATH=''
+SUDO_PATH=''
+
 ### Variable initializations: constants
 DCOPOBJ="default"
 DEBUG=0 # Set debug levels from 1-10 (8-10 trigger logging levels)
@@ -2689,18 +2699,25 @@ get_hdd_temp_data()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local hdd_temp='' sudo_command='' 
-	local hddtemp_path=$( type -p hddtemp ) 
-	local sudo_path=$( type -p sudo )
 
-	if [[ -n $hddtemp_path && -n $1 ]];then
+	if [[ $B_HDDTEMP_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_HDDTEMP_TESTED='true'
+		HDDTEMP_PATH=$( type -p hddtemp )
+	fi
+	if [[ $B_SUDO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_SUDO_TESTED='true'
+		SUDO_PATH=$( type -p sudo )
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ -n $HDDTEMP_PATH && -n $1 ]];then
 		# only use sudo if not root, -n option requires sudo -V 1.7 or greater. sudo will just error out
 		# which is the safest course here for now, otherwise that interactive sudo password thing is too annoying
 		# important: -n makes it non interactive, no prompt for password
-		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $sudo_path ]];then
+		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $SUDO_PATH ]];then
 			sudo_command='sudo -n '
 		fi
 		# this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
-		hdd_temp=$( eval $sudo_command $hddtemp_path -nq -u C $1 )
+		hdd_temp=$( eval $sudo_command $HDDTEMP_PATH -nq -u C $1 )
 		if [[ -n $hdd_temp && -n $( grep -E '^([0-9]+)$' <<< $hdd_temp ) ]];then
 			echo $hdd_temp
 		fi
@@ -2750,10 +2767,14 @@ get_module_version_number()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local module_version=''
-	local modinfo_path=$( type -p modinfo )
 	
-	if [[ -n $modinfo_path ]];then
+	if [[ $B_MODINFO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
-		module_version=$( $modinfo_path $1 2>/dev/null | gawk '
+		B_MODINFO_TESTED='true'
+		MODINFO_PATH=$( type -p modinfo )
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -n $MODINFO_PATH ]];then
+		module_version=$( $MODINFO_PATH $1 2>/dev/null | gawk '
 		BEGIN {
 			IGNORECASE=1
 		}
@@ -3636,19 +3657,27 @@ get_unmounted_partition_filesystem()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local partition_filesystem='' sudo_command=''
-	local file_path=$( type -p file )
-	local sudo_path=$( type -p sudo )
 	
-	if [[ -n $file_path && -n $1 ]];then
+	if [[ $B_FILE_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_FILE_TESTED='true'
+		FILE_PATH=$( type -p file )
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ $B_SUDO_TESTED != 'true' ]];then
+		B_SUDO_TESTED='true'
+		SUDO_PATH=$( type -p sudo )
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ -n $FILE_PATH && -n $1 ]];then
 		# only use sudo if not root, -n option requires sudo -V 1.7 or greater. sudo will just error out
 		# which is the safest course here for now, otherwise that interactive sudo password thing is too annoying
 		# important: -n makes it non interactive, no prompt for password
-		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $sudo_path ]];then
+		if [[ $B_ROOT != 'true' && -n $SUDO_PATH ]];then
 			sudo_command='sudo -n '
 		fi
 		# this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
 		# note the hack that simply slices out the first line if > 1 items found in string
-		partition_filesystem=$( eval $sudo_command $file_path -s $1 | grep -Eio '(ext2|ext3|ext4|ext5|ext[[:space:]]|ntfs|fat32|fat16|fat[[:space:]]\(.*\)|vfat|fatx|tfat|swap|btrfs|ffs[[:space:]]|hfs\+|hfs[[:space:]]plus|hfs[[:space:]]extended[[:space:]]version[[:space:]][1-9]|hfsj|hfs[[:space:]]|jfs[[:space:]]|nss[[:space:]]|reiserfs|reiser4|ufs2|ufs[[:space:]]|xfs[[:space:]]|zfs[[:space:]])' | grep -Em 1 '.*' )
+		partition_filesystem=$( eval $sudo_command $FILE_PATH -s $1 | grep -Eio '(ext2|ext3|ext4|ext5|ext[[:space:]]|ntfs|fat32|fat16|fat[[:space:]]\(.*\)|vfat|fatx|tfat|swap|btrfs|ffs[[:space:]]|hfs\+|hfs[[:space:]]plus|hfs[[:space:]]extended[[:space:]]version[[:space:]][1-9]|hfsj|hfs[[:space:]]|jfs[[:space:]]|nss[[:space:]]|reiserfs|reiser4|ufs2|ufs[[:space:]]|xfs[[:space:]]|zfs[[:space:]])' | grep -Em 1 '.*' )
 		if [[ -n $partition_filesystem ]];then
 			echo $partition_filesystem
 		fi