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Hello ,
Im trying to dump the content from a url in bash shell script but was unable to get.
im using the following code
URL="'some url=$var'"; > temp
system "-dump -nolist $URL > temp";
Plz let me know how can i dump the content of the url
Im trying to dump the content from a url in bash shell script but was unable to get.
im using the following code
URL="'some url=$var'"; > temp
system "-dump -nolist $URL > temp";
Plz let me know how can i dump the content of the url
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I am having a little trouble following your code. could you explain what both lines of code are supposed to be doing?
isn't the 'system' command used in the C language? Are you trying to write the whole script using bash?
isn't the 'system' command used in the C language? Are you trying to write the whole script using bash?
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Thanks for a reply,
actually im trying to dump the content of a url into a temp file and i have to grep some content from the temp file and print it out when i execute the script.
actually im trying to dump the content of a url into a temp file and i have to grep some content from the temp file and print it out when i execute the script.
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when you say contents, do you mean the page source code of the URL?
if so I will have to research that abit.
if so I will have to research that abit.
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yes ur correct
Plz Do let me know if you find a answer
Plz Do let me know if you find a answer
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before even writing a scripts you need a program(command) to get the source code. for instance this will download the soucecode of a page
this will only work because it is an html file it is getting.
this technique will not work with
because there is no html file to download.
The whole process of getting the html source code might be tricky
wget http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7215.html
this technique will not work with
wget http://www.daniweb.com
The whole process of getting the html source code might be tricky
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Originally Posted by shanenin
before even writing a scripts you need a program(command) to get the source code. for instance this will download the soucecode of a page
this will only work because it is an html file it is getting.wget http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7215.html
this technique will not work with
because there is no html file to download.wget http://www.daniweb.com
The whole process of getting the html source code might be tricky
Actually im Passing value to a url:
here is what i want to do , im passing a phone number to the url
http://www.whitepages.com/1014/log_c...e_Phone?phone=
and after passing argument the result page content must be dumped in to a file.
so that i grep some content from the file
can u help me
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you can do it with a program called links, it is a text web browser. this code will substitute the number given, then put the code into a file called temp
if you want just the output of the page, instead of the full source code use the -dump option instaed of the -source option. This is a lot cleaner and less stuff to look through.
here is a link to the needed program. It may be installed by defualt in most linux sytems.
http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/
#!/bin/bash echo "enter the phone number to search for" read NUMBER /usr/bin/links -source http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/Reverse_Phone?phone=$NUMBER > temp
if you want just the output of the page, instead of the full source code use the -dump option instaed of the -source option. This is a lot cleaner and less stuff to look through.
here is a link to the needed program. It may be installed by defualt in most linux sytems.
http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/
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