crahan · August 25, 2014 22:23 · serheang · Feb 13, 2015
diff --git a/getquote.sh b/getquote.sh
 #!/bin/sh

 # try to pull in a new quote from quotedb.com
 newquote=`curl -s http://www.quotedb.com/quote/quote.php?action=random_quote`

 # did it succeed?
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    # ok, curl was able to pull in a new quote. Parse and cache it
    echo $newquote | sed "s/^document.write('\(.*\)<br>.*<a.*>\(.*\)<\/a.*;$/\"\1\" - \2/" > ~/.qotd
 fi

 cat ~/.qotd
	#!/bin/sh

	# try to pull in a new quote from quotedb.com
	newquote=`curl -s http://www.quotedb.com/quote/quote.php?action=random_quote`

	# did it succeed?
	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	# ok, curl was able to pull in a new quote. Parse and cache it
	echo $newquote \| sed "s/^document.write('\(.\)<br>.<a.>\(.\)<\/a.*;$/\"\1\" - \2/" > ~/.qotd
	fi

	cat ~/.qotd