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33 lines
833 B
Bash
33 lines
833 B
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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# quote-fetch.sh: Download a stock quote.
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E_NOPARAMS=66
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if [ -z "$1" ] # Must specify a stock (symbol) to fetch.
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then echo "Usage: `basename $0` stock-symbol"
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exit $E_NOPARAMS
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fi
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stock_symbol=$1
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file_suffix=.html
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# Fetches an HTML file, so name it appropriately.
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URL='http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s='
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# Yahoo finance board, with stock query suffix.
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# -----------------------------------------------------------
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wget -O ${stock_symbol}${file_suffix} "${URL}${stock_symbol}"
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# -----------------------------------------------------------
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exit $?
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# Exercises:
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# ---------
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#
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# 1) Add a test to ensure the user running the script is on-line.
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# (Hint: parse the output of 'ps -ax' for "ppp" or "connect."
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#
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# 2) Modify this script to fetch the local weather report,
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#+ taking the user's zip code as an argument.
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