Download Comics with a Script
Sat, 12/12/2009 - 19:29 — Phrank
SH scripting is so much fun! And useful. I've written a simple script that downloads various comics from different websites for the current day. Fairly simple:
#!/bin/sh
#
#
# Get Comics strips
#
# by PhrankDaChicken
#
# http://ubuntu.online02.com
OP_FOLDER="/home/$USER/Desktop"
ucomic () {
# ucomic ( NAME )
NAME="$1"
YEAR=$(date +%Y)
YMD=$(date +%y%m%d)
wget "http://images.ucomics.com/comics/"$NAME"/"$YEAR"/"$NAME$YMD".gif" -O "$OP_FOLDER/$NAME.gif"
}
comics () {
DAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
NAME="$1"
wget "http://comics.com/"$NAME"/"$DAY"/" -O "/tmp/"$NAME".html"
IMAGE=$(cat /tmp/$NAME.html | grep "/dyn/str_strip" | tail -n 1 | sed 's/gif.*/gif/g' | sed 's/.*src\=\"//g')
wget "$IMAGE" -O "$OP_FOLDER/$NAME.gif"
rm "/tmp/"$NAME".html"
}
arcamax () {
NAME="$1"
wget "http://www.arcamax.com/"$NAME -O "/tmp/"$NAME".html"
IMAGE=$(cat "/tmp/"$NAME".html" | grep "newspics" | sed 's/.*src\=\"//g' | sed 's/gif.*/gif/g')
wget "$IMAGE" -O "$OP_FOLDER/$NAME.gif"
rm "/tmp/"$NAME".html"
}
dilbert () {
DAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
wget "http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/"$DAY -O /tmp/dilbert.html
IMAGE=$(cat /tmp/dilbert.html | grep "str_strip" | tail -n 1 | sed 's/gif.*/gif/g' | sed 's/.*src\=\"//g')
wget "$IMAGE" -O "$OP_FOLDER/dilbert.gif"
}
# Delete old comics
rm $OP_FOLDER/*.gif
# Get them comics from different websites
arcamax "zits"
arcamax "babyblues"
arcamax "familycircus"
arcamax "beetlebailey"
arcamax "blondie"
arcamax "hagarthehorrible"
arcamax "nonsequitur"
ucomic "ba"
ucomic "fb"
ucomic "crbc"
ucomic "cl"
ucomic "ga"
ucomic "crobh"
ucomic "crwiz"
ucomic "zi"
ucomic "pr"
ucomic "ch"
ucomic "wppic"
comics "pearls_before_swine"
comics "peanuts"
comics "get_fuzzy"
dilbert
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%m%d)
touch -m -t $TIMESTAMP"2000" $OP_FOLDER/*.gif
# End of Script| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Download_Comics.sh.tar.gz | 796 bytes |
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