#

# Converts a time with an optional hour, day or week suffix
# (simple one-char h, d, w) to a number of hours and prints
# on stdout.  If no suffix is given, the number is printed
# unchanged.  XXX TODO handle other time units
#
unsuffix_time ()
{
        local input=$1
        local multiplier
        local num
        local suffix

        [[ $input =~ '^([[:digit:]]+)([hdw]*)' ]]

        num=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
        suf=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}

        if [[ $suf ]]
        then
                case $suf in
                (h) multiplier=1;;
                (d) multiplier=24;;
                (w) multiplier=$((24 * 7));;
                esac
        else
                multiplier=1
        fi

        let "num *= multiplier"

        printf %u $num
}
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