#!/usr/bin/env bash

# ls or less anything in your filesystem or on the web (depending on what it is).

url_pattern="https?://.*"

if [ -d "$1" ]; then
	ls --group-directories-first --color=auto "$1"
elif [ -f "$1" ]; then
	less "$1"
elif which "$1" &> /dev/null; then
	less `which $1`
elif [[ "$1" =~ $url_pattern ]]; then
	curl --silent --fail "$1" | less
else
	ls --group-directories-first --color=auto $*
fi