With the help of modern-day chicanery and trickery, WordPress is now able to offer up a page of archives, which shows all of the posts here, in the order in which they were posted.
So, to access them just head to the top of the page, just below the header and you’ll find three tabs, ‘Contact me’, ‘Sitemap’ and ‘Archives’, so just click on the ‘Archives’ tab. 
I’ve been using this script for quite some time and it works very well and is nice and simple to use. But, it didn’t log what I did and when, until now!
1: #/bin/bash
2: set -x
3: #: Title : lrs
4: #: Date : February 2014
5: #: Author : Sharon Kimble
6: #: Version : 1.0
7: #: Description : to help you to decide whether to reboot or shutdown
8: #: Options : 2, both listed in variables
9: #: License : GNU GPL 3.0 or later
10: ####################################################
11: # Variables
12: log="/home/$USER/logs/reboot.txt"
13: killbrowser="/usr/bin/killall chrome; /usr/bin/killall chromium"
14: ####################################################
15: exec > >(tee -a $log) >&1
16: echo
17: {
18: read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 1) Do you want to logoff, reboot, shutdown or just quit? [l/r/s/q] " lrsq
19: echo; echo "$(date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S) Answer: $lrsq" >> $log
20: case "$lrsq" in
21: [Ll]* ) $killbrowser; exit && exit;;
22: [Rr]* ) $killbrowser; sudo /sbin/reboot $*; echo; exit;;
23: [Ss]* ) $killbrowser; sudo /sbin/shutdown $*; echo; exit;;
24: [Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
25: * )
26: esac
27: }
I’m having great difficulties in getting themes to display properly, this screenshot shows the problem.
I’ve found that there were problems with opening beeb-v3.0.tar.gz on my bitbucket repo, so I’ve rebuilt it and uploaded it. Its now been repackaged as ‘beeb-v3.1.tar.gz’
If you find problems with it, can you please let me know?
A major upgrade to ‘beeb’, which now does -
And from the changelog -
06-02-2014 – v2.7
11-02-2014 – v2.8
16-02-2014 – v3.0
And the source is -
#!/bin/bash
set -e
#: Title : beeb
#: Date : February 2014
#: Version : 3.0
#: Description : To work with get-iplayer and use small scripts to download BBC programmes.
#; Requirements : get-iplayer
#: Uses '.beebrc' saved at /home/$USER/.beebrc
# Copyright (C) 2014 Sharon Kimble
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
####################################################
function ask {
while true; do
if [ "${2:-}" = "Y" ]; then
prompt="Y/n"
default=Y
elif [ "${2:-}" = "N" ]; then
prompt="y/N"
default=N
else
prompt="y/n"
default=
fi
# Ask the question
read -p "$1 [$prompt] " REPLY
# Default?
if [ -z "$REPLY" ]; then
REPLY=$default
fi
# Check if the reply is valid
case "$REPLY" in
Y*|y*) return 0 ;;
N*|n*) return 1 ;;
esac
done
}
function ask2 {
n=$1 # the limit on the input length (<1000)
if [ -z "$2" ] ; then # the name of variable to hold the input
echo "Usage $0: <number> <name>";
return 2;
fi
result="" # temporary variable to hold the partial input
while $(true); do
printf '[%03d]> %s' "$n" "$result"
stty cbreak
REPLY=$(dd if=/dev/tty bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null)
stty -cbreak
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\n')" && {
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 0
}
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\177')" && {
# On my terminal 0x7F is the erase character
result=${result:0:-1}
(( n = $n + 1 ))
printf "\r\033[K"
continue
}
result="${result}$REPLY"
(( n = $n - 1 ))
if [ $n -eq 0 ] ; then
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 1
fi
printf "\r\033[K" # to clear the line
done
}
txtbld=$(tput bold) # Bold
bldgrn=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 2) # green
source ~/.beebrc
tvfeed="/home/$USER/.beeb/beeb-tv.txt"
radiofeed="/home/$USER/.beeb/beeb-radio.txt"
if [[ -x "/usr/bin/get-iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get-iplayer"
elif [[ -x "/usr/bin/get_iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get_iplayer"
else echo "$0: Error: 'get-iplayer' or 'get_iplayer' is not installed. Please install it." >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ -d "$radiosite/touch.m4a" ]
then
echo;
else
touch "$radiosite"/touch.m4a; echo;
fi
if [ -d "/home/$USER/.beeb" ]
then
echo ;
else
echo "$(tput setaf 1) $(tput setab 7) Error: Directory /home/$USER/.beeb does not exist $(tput sgr 0)"
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to create the '/home/$USER/.beeb' directory? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) mkdir /home/$USER/.beeb; touch "$tvfeed"; touch "$radiofeed"; echo;;
[Nn]* ) echo; exit;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
fi
{
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the radio feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$radiofeed"; eval "$player" --type radio>>"$radiofeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some radio programmes? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq ;
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the radio programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'radiobox'
echo "$radiobox"
echo
cd "$radiosite"
eval "$player" --g "$radiobox" --aactomp3; echo;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the mpd feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) cd "$music"
rm "$beebradio"
ls -1 "$radiosite"*.{mp3,m4a} >"$beebradio"
echo;;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to update the tv feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$tvfeed"; eval "$player" --type tv>>"$tvfeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo;
{
read -n1 -p ""$bldgrn" Do you want to download some tv programmes? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq ;
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]) echo
echo ""$bldgrn" Please input the tv programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'tvbox'
echo "$tvbox"
echo
cd "$tvsite"
eval "$player" -g "$tvbox"
echo; exit;;
[Nn]) echo; exit;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
* ) echo ""$bldgrn" Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
As usual, the whole package can be obtained from my bitbucket site which also includes the beeb-readme, beeb-changelog, beeb-todo, and .beebrc.
I have about 57 rather nice wallpapers in my ~/wallpapers directory, most of which I hardly ever see, so I’ve written a script that will randomly choose and display one every thirty minutes. For once it isn’t called from a cron job, but from an alias, and quite happily sits in the background just waiting for it to fire off again. The alias that I use for it is -
alias wall='nohup wallpaper &'
I use ‘nohup’ so that it is just working in the background and frees up your terminal for other things.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
#: Title : wallpaper
#: Date : February 2014
#: Author : Sharon Kimble
#: Version : 1.0
#: Description : changes your wallpaper, and can be run from an alias, I use *alias wall='nohup wallpaper &'*
#: Options : length of time before the wallpaper changes again
#; Requirements : feh
#: License : GNU GPL 3.0 or later
####################################################
# Options
change=30
###################################################
while true; do
find $HOME/wallpapers -type f \( -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' \) -print0 |
shuf -n1 -z | xargs -0 feh --bg-fill
sleep "$change"m
done
UPDATE.
For those folks who use either “fluxbox” or “openbox” you can put this bit of code in your user-menu -
[exec] (Change your wallpaper) {~/bin/wallpaper}
[exec] (Kill wallpaper) {pkill wallpaper}
If you use this script you will get some amazing radio stations, from ones that just play Elvis Presley, or The Beatles, or solid Goon Shows! I’m currently listening to Elvis, and its stuff that I’ve never heard before, and I thought my Elvis collection was pretty comprehensive!
To use this script, put it in your executable path, like /home/$USER/bin, or /usr/local/bin and run it once to generate the playlists. I have set mine up as a cronjob that runs every hour just to refresh the BBC feeds as they do tend to move about.
00 */1 * * * /home/$USER/bin/radiostreams
And heres the script -
1: #!/bin/bash
2: # set -x
3: #: Title : radiostreams
4: #: Date : February 2014
5: #: Author : Sharon Kimble
6: #: Version : 2.0
7: #: Description : to give a comprehensive set of MPD radio stations
8:
9: # Copyright (C) 2014 Sharon Kimble
10: #
11: # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12: # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13: # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
14: # (at your option) any later version.
15: #
16: # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17: # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18: # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19: # GNU General Public License for more details.
20: #
21: # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
22: # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
23: # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
24: #
25: ####################################################
26: # Changelog.
27: # * 08-02-2014 - v2.0 - Enlarged the list of radio streaming sites
28: ####################################################
29: # Variables
30: playlistdir="/home/$USER/.mpd/playlists"
31: ####################################################
32:
33: declare -A radios
34: radios["BBC Radio 4"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_aaclca.pls"
35: radios["BBC 6 Music"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6_aaclca.pls"
36: radios["BBC Radio 2"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2_aaclca.pls"
37: radios["BBC Radio 4 Extra"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4x_aaclca.pls"
38: radios["BBC Radio 4 longwave"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4lw_aaclca.pls"
39: radios["BBC Radio 5 live"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l_aaclca.pls"
40: radios["BBC Radio 1"]="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1_aaclca.pls"
41: radios["Irelands Kiss FM"]="http://uk1.internet-radio.com:15476/listen.pls"
42: radios["Amazing smooth and jazz"]="http://uk1.internet-radio.com:4086/listen.pls"
43: radios["Ambient chillout"]="http://uk2.internet-radio.com:31491/listen.pls"
44: radios["Champion Radio UK"]="http://uk2.internet-radio.com:31216/listen.pls"
45: radios["Chillout Lounge Radio"]="http://sc-tcl.1.fm:8010/listen.pls"
46: radios["181 FM - Highway 181"]="http://uplink.duplexfx.com:8018/listen.pls"
47: radios["181.FM - Christmas Traditional Classics"]="http://uplink.duplexfx.com:8124/listen.pls"
48: radios["North Pole Radio"]="http://ophanim.net:9790/listen.pls"
49: radios["181.FM - Christmas Power - Top 40 Christmas Hits"]="http://uplink.duplexfx.com:8086/listen.pls"
50: radios["Nirvana Radio - Music for Meditation and Relaxation"]="http://sc9106.xpx.pl:9106/listen.pls"
51: radios["bas FM"]="http://uk2.internet-radio.com:30274/listen.pls"
52: radios["Horizon Fm - Tenerife"]="http://uk1.internet-radio.com:15614/listen.pls"
53: radios["Metal Express"]="http://usa7-vn.mixstream.net/listen/8248.pls"
54: radios["spiritsplantsradio"]="http://streams.museter.com:2199/tunein/cenacle.pls"
55: radios["Abacus FM - Goon Shows"]="http://91.121.166.38:7690/listen.pls"
56: radios["Demented Radio"]="http://dementedradio.streamguys.us:8000/listen.pls"
57: radios["Cabin Boy Comedy Club"]="http://majestic.wavestreamer.com:3547/listen.pls"
58: radios["Kiss FM Hits"]="http://uk3.internet-radio.com:10911/listen.pls"
59: radios["Stagescripts Internet Radio"]="http://uk2.internet-radio.com:30591/listen.pls"
60: radios["Cool Fahrenheit 93"]="http://203.150.224.142:8003/listen.pls"
61: radios["KLUX 89.5HD"]="http://s4.viastreaming.net:7610/listen.pls"
62: radios["Happyday Newage Radio"]="http://222.122.131.69:8000/listen.pls"
63: radios["Angel Radio"]="http://s8.viastreaming.net:7030/listen.pls"
64: radios["EZ Does It Net Radio"]="http://mega6.radioserver.co.uk:8172/listen.pls"
65: radios["Pinetrees"]="http://sc05.saycast.com:8280/listen.pls"
66: radios["181 FM - Golden Oldies"]="http://uplink.duplexfx.com:8046/listen.pls"
67: radios["Beatles Radio"]="http://www.beatlesradio.com:8088/listen.pls"
68: radios["EP Express - The Elvis Presley Radio Station"]="http://s2.fastcast4u.com:9246/listen.pls"
69:
70: echo
71: for k in "${!radios[@]}"
72: do
73: filepath="${playlistdir}/${k}.m3u"
74: rm -f "$filepath"
75: echo "#EXTM3U" >> "$filepath"
76: pls=${radios[$k]}
77: echo "#EXTINF:-1, BBC - $k" >> "$filepath"
78: /usr/bin/curl -s $pls | grep File1 | sed 's/File1=\(.*\)/\1/' >> "$filepath"
79: done
It seems almost inevitable that we will have our email hacked into, or some other violation of any of the online services upon which we depend. While it may be distressing and confusing, it is possible to take back control, and there are some simple precautions that can help prevent it.
The first step is to assess the damage. Go to the website of your email provider, and log into your email account. If the password has been changed, then try the password reset mechanism by clicking on the link marked “Forgotten your password?” or similar.
Once you’re into your email account, the very first thing you should do is change your password. Change it to something long and strong, using multiple cases, numbers and special characters. Avoid using real words. We’ll deal with password security later, but for now, change it so the hacker can’t get back into your email account.
Once you’ve changed the password for your email account it is important to change the password of any other accounts with other services such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon or your internet banking that may have had the same password. It is especially important if you use your email address as the username for those accounts, as the hackers now have both your username and password for those services.
Check both your inbox and trash for any password reset emails from other services or accounts linked to your email address not instigated by you. The hacker could have attempted to change your password on other sites, using access to your email to perform password resets.
Some hackers compromise email accounts in order to attack your friends or contacts. They use your email address to send spam or phishing emails attempting to trick them into thinking you need help, buy something or into giving up personal information.
While it can be difficult to tell if your email account was abused in this way, a quick check of your sent email or your inbox for dodgy replies will help identify anyone who was targeted from your contacts list.
If you do find someone contacted by the hacker, let them know that you didn’t send the email to them via another communication method if you can, or by email if that’s your only contact with them.
Once you’ve secured your email account, and dealt with any potential fallout from the violation, you need to make sure you can access your email address in all your usual places.
If you use an email program, something like Outlook, Windows Mail, Mac Mail or you get your email on a phone or tablet computer, you will have to swap the compromised password on each device for your newly created secure password. Each program will be different, but as a general rule of thumb you have to go into the settings menu for your email account in the program and modify the account details to enter the new password.
Instructions for how to do that are listed on the help websites for Outlook, Windows Mail, and Apple’s support forum for Apple Mail. On Android smartphones and tablets your password can be changed in the accounts section of the settings app. For the iPhone and iPad, your password can be changed under the mail, contacts and calendar section of the settings app.
The risk of having your email account or other services hacked is increasing, but there are some things you can do to prevent it.
The humble password is not as secure as it used to be, but choosing a strong password can help.
To solve the issue of trying to remember long complex passwords, password managers like LastPass or 1Password can help, storing all your passwords in a secure place, ready to fill in any login you need right in your browser. By using a password manager you are only as secure as the password to your password manager. Remembering one really complex and long password is a lot easier than remember 10 or 20 of them, however.
In addition to passwords, a different type of security mechanism called two-factor authentication is becoming increasingly available. In principle it is very simple. In addition to your username and password you have another form of identification, normally consisting of a code generated by a key fob or a smartphone app, that has to be put in at the time of login and changes every minute or so.
It means you keep something the hacker cannot get to, securing your account with another layer of security.
Banks have been using them for a while, some giving out card readers that force you to enter your Pin to generate a code to input into your internet banking. Now most email providers and a variety of other online services offer two-factor or two-step authentication for free, so it is worth activating on your accounts if it is available.
[Source - Samuel Gibson, The Guardian - Mon 3 February 2014]May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade to ‘get-iplayer’!
The BBC has some superb radio and TV programmes, some of which they have released into the public domain and which can be downloaded using ‘get-iplayer’, and then can be played with your choice of viewer. This script will -
Requirements – ‘get-iplayer/get_iplayer’
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
#: Title : beeb
#: Date : January 2014
#: Version : 2.5
#: Description : To work with get-iplayer and use small scripts to download BBC programmes.
#; Requirements : get-iplayer
#: Uses '.beebrc' saved at /home/$USER/.beebrc
# Copyright (C) 2014 Sharon Kimble
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
####################################################
# Changelog.
# * 24-01-2014 - Initial release.
# * 25-01-2014 - v1.5 - changed 'beeb.conf' to '.beebrc'
# * 26-01-2014 - v2.0 - changed configuration to create ~/.beeb and store feeds in it.
# * 28-01-2014 - v2.5 - checks to see if get-iplayer/get_iplayer is installed. Then runs with whichever is found.
####################################################
function ask {
while true; do
if [ "${2:-}" = "Y" ]; then
prompt="Y/n"
default=Y
elif [ "${2:-}" = "N" ]; then
prompt="y/N"
default=N
else
prompt="y/n"
default=
fi
# Ask the question
read -p "$1 [$prompt] " REPLY
# Default?
if [ -z "$REPLY" ]; then
REPLY=$default
fi
# Check if the reply is valid
case "$REPLY" in
Y*|y*) return 0 ;;
N*|n*) return 1 ;;
esac
done
}
function ask2 {
n=$1 # the limit on the input length (<1000)
if [ -z "$2" ] ; then # the name of variable to hold the input
echo "Usage $0: <number> <name>";
return 2;
fi
result="" # temporary variable to hold the partial input
while $(true); do
printf '[%03d]> %s' "$n" "$result"
stty cbreak
REPLY=$(dd if=/dev/tty bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null)
stty -cbreak
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\n')" && {
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 0
}
test "$REPLY" == "$(printf '\177')" && {
# On my terminal 0x7F is the erase character
result=${result:0:-1}
(( n = $n + 1 ))
printf "\r\033[K"
continue
}
result="${result}$REPLY"
(( n = $n - 1 ))
if [ $n -eq 0 ] ; then
printf "\n"
eval "$2=\"$result\""
return 1
fi
printf "\r\033[K" # to clear the line
done
}
source ~/.beebrc
tvfeed="/home/$USER/.beeb/beeb-tv.txt"
radiofeed="/home/$USER/.beeb/beeb-radio.txt"
if [[ -x "/usr/bin/get-iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get-iplayer"
elif [[ -x "/usr/bin/get_iplayer" ]]
then player="/usr/bin/get_iplayer"
else echo "$0: Error: 'get-iplayer' or 'get_iplayer' is not installed. Please install it." >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ -d "/home/$USER/.beeb" ]
then
echo ;
else
echo "$(tput setaf 1) $(tput setab 7) Error: Directory /home/$USER/.beeb does not exist $(tput sgr 0)"
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to create the '/home/$USER/.beeb' directory? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) mkdir /home/$USER/.beeb; touch "$tvfeed"; touch "$radiofeed"; echo;;
[Nn]* ) echo; exit;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
fi
{
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to update the radio feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$radiofeed"; eval "$player" --type radio>>"$radiofeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo
{
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to download some radio programmes? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq ;
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]) echo
echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please input the radio programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'radiobox'
echo "$radiobox"
echo
cd "$radiosite"
eval "$player" --get "$radiobox"
;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo
{
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to update the tv feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) rm "$tvfeed"; eval "$player" --type tv>>"$tvfeed";;
[Nn]* ) echo;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo
{
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to download some tv programmes? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq ;
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]) echo
echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please input the tv programme numbers to download [max 200 characters] $(tput sgr0)"
ask2 200 'tvbox'
echo "$tvbox"
echo
cd "$tvsite"
eval "$player" --get "$tvbox"
;;
[Nn]) echo;;
[Qq]) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Thank you $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
echo
{
read -n1 -p "$(tput setaf 2) Do you want to update the mpd feed? [y/n/q] $(tput sgr0)" ynq
case "$ynq" in
[Yy]* ) cd "$music"
rm "$beebradio"
ls -1 "$radiosite"*.{mp3,m4a} >"$beebradio"
echo; exit;;
[Nn]* ) echo; exit;;
[Qq]* ) echo; exit;;
* ) echo "$(tput setaf 2) Please answer yes or no. $(tput sgr0)";;
esac
};
‘.beebrc’
# Variables for 'beeb' tvsite="/media/$USER/back2/proggies" music="/media/$USER/back4/Music" radiosite="/media/$USER/back4/Music/beeb-radio/" beebradio="/home/$USER/.mpd/playlists/beeb-radio.m3u"
And finally, the documentation of ‘beeb’
This is the documentation for ‘beeb’ [version 2.5] the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade to ‘get-iplayer’!
The BBC has some superb radio and TV programmes, some of which they have released into the public domain and which can be downloaded using ‘get-iplayer’, and then can be played with your choice of viewer. This script will -
But before any of this can happen you need to configure it all, and this is done using ‘.beebrc’ which should be saved to your “/home/$USER” directory. In ‘.beebrc’ you can see the paths to my various directories, which will give you an idea of what should go where in your setup. So if you open ‘.beebrc’ in your favourite text editor, then change these lines -
tvsite="where the downloaded tv programmes are to be stored" music="where your main music library is stored" radiosite="where the downloaded radio programmes are to be stored" beebradio="the playlist of your downloaded radio programmes"
Then to run ‘beeb’ from the terminal, you need to place it somewhere in your executable pathway, maybe ‘home/$USER/bin‘ or ‘/usr/local/bin’ and then just put ‘beeb’ in your terminal and follow the questions that it gives you.
The prime requirement of this script is the programme ‘get-iplayer’ which is in most linux distributions. Without it, the script will not function!
Any problems, or further instruction required, please let me know at ‘boudiccas@talktalk.net’.
Sharon Kimble. January 2014.
I intend to post further upgrades to ‘beeb’ here, but it can also be downloaded from https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots .
If you use this programme and have problems with it, then please let me know and I’ll endeavour to help you and sort it out. Also, if you can think of improvements to it, please, let me know.
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(Source – Guardian, 28-01-2014)
