Subj : Re: Automated Posts Question
To   : Jeff Earle
From : Warpslide
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 12:10 pm

On 27 Apr 2025, Jeff Earle said the following...

 JE> Thank you. I don't use Linux but I assume these scripts are for Linux
 JE> only. I run win10x64 and would like to do exactly the same thing but
 JE> different  content. I can't find any apps or programs for windows that
 JE> will do this. 

 JE> I'll keep searching but I don't think I'll find anything.

You can get curl, iconv, grep, sed & awk for Windows:

curl:
https://curl.se/windows/

iconv:
https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm

grep:
https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm

sed:
https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm

awk:
https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm


I just tried this on my Windows 10 32bit install with the above programs & it seemed to work:


curl -o weather.tmp  https://weather.gc.ca/forecast/public_bulletins_e.html?Bulletin=fpcn11.cwto
sed -i -n "/<pre>/,/<\/pre>/{ /pre>/d; p }" weather.tmp
iconv -f utf-8 -t cp437//translit weather.tmp > weather.txt
awk -v RS="" "/City of Hamilton/" weather.txt > hamilton.txt


After this, you will have three files the directory you ran the commands from.

weather.tmp = The weather forecast downloaded in UTF-8
weather.txt = The weather forecast in CP437
hamilton.txt = Just the forecast for the City of Hamilton


From there you can use mutil to post these to whatever message base you like.

I post the weather for my city to a personal message base three times a day.


Jay

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