Subj : Re: Automated Posts Question
To : Warpslide
From : Jeff Earle
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 04:11 pm
On 27 Apr 2025, Warpslide said the following...
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Wa> You can get curl, iconv, grep, sed & awk for Windows:
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Wa> curl:
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https://curl.se/windows/
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Wa> iconv:
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https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm
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Wa> grep:
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https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm
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Wa> sed:
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https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm
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Wa> awk:
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https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm
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Wa> I just tried this on my Windows 10 32bit install with the above programs
Wa> & it seemed to work:
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Wa> curl -o weather.tmp
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https://weather.gc.ca/forecast/public_bulletins_e.html?Bulletin=fpcn11.cwt
Wa> sed -i -n "/<pre>/,/<\/pre>/{ /pre>/d; p }" weather.tmp
Wa> iconv -f utf-8 -t cp437//translit weather.tmp > weather.txt
Wa> awk -v RS="" "/City of Hamilton/" weather.txt > hamilton.txt
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Wa> After this, you will have three files the directory you ran the commands
Wa> from.
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Wa> weather.tmp = The weather forecast downloaded in UTF-8
Wa> weather.txt = The weather forecast in CP437
Wa> hamilton.txt = Just the forecast for the City of Hamilton
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Wa>
Wa> From there you can use mutil to post these to whatever message base you
Wa> like.
Thank you so much! This might just what I have been looking for.
Much appreciated.
... Reward for a job well done: More work
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