From 065686f341a440ee30cbe4e842c5dfccb43b3932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dissimulo <connect+gitea@dustin-williams.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] spam-ascii: "*" dumps entire ~/ascii; alias quotes $0 to
 preserve it

---
 .irssi/config         |  2 +-
 .local/bin/spam-ascii | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.irssi/config b/.irssi/config
index 9aa8a168..9cf390de 100644
--- a/.irssi/config
+++ b/.irssi/config
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ aliases = {
   SB = "SCROLLBACK";
   SBAR = "STATUSBAR";
   SIGNOFF = "QUIT";
-  SPAM = "EXEC -out ~/.local/bin/spam-ascii $0";
+  SPAM = "EXEC -out ~/.local/bin/spam-ascii '$0'";
   SV = "MSG * Irssi $J ($V) - http://www.irssi.org";
   T = "TOPIC";
   UB = "UNBAN";
diff --git a/.local/bin/spam-ascii b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
index f4a11162..8c728d70 100755
--- a/.local/bin/spam-ascii
+++ b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # spam-ascii — cat a file from ~/ascii given a partial/fuzzy name.
 #
 # Resolution order:
+#   0. pattern `*` → cat every file in ~/ascii (sorted)
 #   1. exact filename match: ~/ascii/<pattern>
 #   2. exact name + common extension: <pattern>.txt, .ans, .asc
 #   3. first case-insensitive *substring* match (sorted alphabetically)
@@ -14,12 +15,20 @@ set -eu
 
 pattern=${1:-}
 if [ -z "$pattern" ]; then
-    echo "usage: spam-ascii <pattern>"
+    echo "usage: spam-ascii <pattern>   (pattern `*` dumps everything)"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 dir="$HOME/ascii"
 
+# 0. `*` → dump the whole collection.
+if [ "$pattern" = "*" ]; then
+    find -L "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 2>/dev/null \
+        | sort -z \
+        | xargs -0 cat
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # 1 + 2. Try exact name, then exact + common ASCII-art extensions.
 for candidate in \
         "$dir/$pattern" \