lynx scripting.

yousillygoose · 11-11-2008, 07:12 PM

Here is a question for you more specifically about lynx so I don't know if you can answer it. How do I have lynx load a webpage with the url to be found in a file?

unSpawn · 11-12-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by yousillygoose

how do you output to a variable???

Continuing the previous example, say VARIABLE=$(grep "\]64 [100-200]" | cut -c35-36 ~/tempfile.$$)

Quote:

Originally Posted by yousillygoose

Here is a question for you more specifically about lynx so I don't know if you can answer it. How do I have lynx load a webpage with the url to be found in a file?

If the file *only* contains the URI you could say 'lynx $(cat ~/somefile)', OTOH if the file contains more you best grep for the URI, like 'lynx $(grep the_URI ~/somefile)'. Maybe at this point it would be easier to post your script (preferably in BB code tags)?..

theNbomr · 11-12-2008, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yousillygoose

Here is a question for you more specifically about lynx so I don't know if you can answer it. How do I have lynx load a webpage with the url to be found in a file?

You can make the contents of a file into a commandline argument by 'cat'ting it, inside backticks:

Code:

lynx `cat somefile_with_a_URL_in_it`

--- rod.

yousillygoose · 12-19-2008, 01:01 AM

Hey Hey!!!

I appreciate all the help you have all given me. It definitely as the reason I finished all my script. I have a new problem!

I have a file that has either a 3 digit number or a 2 digit n umber with a bracket in front of it ([33). I need to remove this bracket from the file. I can't simply use the cut command because if it is not a brack and is an integer I need to keep the character. Do you know of any way I can cut only the bracket out? Or a possible way to only save numbers? Any help is appreciated.

ME!

unSpawn · 12-20-2008, 04:16 AM

Referring to post #17 where VARIABLE is 'VARIABLE=$(grep "\]64 [100-200]" | cut -c35-36 ~/tempfile.$$)', try adding a line before you reuse VARIABLE like:
'VARIABLE=$(echo ${VARIABLE}|sed -e "s|\[||" -e "s|]||")'
or
'VARIABLE=$(echo ${VARIABLE}|tr -d '[]')'
or
'VARIABLE=${VARIABLE:1:$[${#VARIABLE}-2]}'
or
'VARIABLE=${VARIABLE//[\]\[]/}'