From 24924908b12b3bd667866b90dd3164592c7b032f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:50:46 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] add perr-badval & throw-badval

---
 ceru/libceru.sh          | 2 ++
 ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ceru/libceru.sh b/ceru/libceru.sh
index 90db4ba..f5070df 100755
--- a/ceru/libceru.sh
+++ b/ceru/libceru.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function perr-badflag    { perr "unrecognised flag ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}'$1'${RESET}
 function perr-noflagval  { perr "flag ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}'$1'${RESET} requires ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}${2}${RESET} argument(s), but only ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}${3}${RESET} were given"; }
 function perr-badarg     { perr "unrecognised arg ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}'$1'${RESET}"; }
 function perr-noarg      { perr "required argument ${BOLD}${MAGENTA}'$1'${RESET} is missing"; }
+function perr-badval     { perr "value ${MAGENTA}\"$1\"${WHITE} is not valid for flag ${CYAN}$2${RESET}"}
 # Failures
 function throw           { echo -e "${@:2}" >&2; if [[ "$1" -ge 0 ]]; then exit "$1"; fi; }
 function throw-usage     { throw "$1" "$(perr-usage 2>&1)"; }
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ function throw-badflag   { throw "$1" "$(perr-badflag "${@:2}" 2>&1)"; }
 function throw-noflagval { throw "$1" "$(perr-noflagval "${@:2}" 2>&1)"; }
 function throw-badarg    { throw "$1" "$(perr-badarg "${@:2}" 2>&1)"; }
 function throw-noarg     { throw "$1" "$(perr-noarg "${@:2}" 2>&1)"; }
+function throw-badval    { throw "$1" "$(perr-badval "$2" "$3"    2>&1)"; }
 # Parsing/Validation
 function required { [[ -n "$1" ]] || throw-noarg 1 "${@:2}"; }
 
diff --git a/ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key b/ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key
index 1ee9474..82260aa 100755
--- a/ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key
+++ b/ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ case "$TYPE" in
 		EXTRA="$EXTRA -b 4096"
 		;;
 	*)
-		throw-badvalue 1 "$TYPE" '-t|--type'
+		throw-badval 1 "$TYPE" '-t|--type'
 		;;
 esac