[CALUG] CALUG Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5

[John L. Cunningham]

FWIW, I am very grateful for Jim's advice.  

John

On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 12:02:49PM -0400, Smith, Joshua A. (AISD) wrote:
> Wow, the coding nazis are out in full force
> 
> -Josh
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>    1. Re: library script (James Ewing Cottrell 3rd)
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> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:05:15 -0400
> From: James Ewing Cottrell 3rd <JECottrell3 at Comcast.NET>
> Subject: Re: [CALUG] library script
> To: "John L. Cunningham" <djohngo at gmail.com>
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> Cool. It's nice that you can even DO that. However, the script is 
> UNREADABLE, and most importantly, the differences are buried .
> 
> Try breaking the URL up into pieces, as follows:
> 
> host=http://polaris.hclibrary.org
> path=polaris/search/searchresults.aspx
> arg1="ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&type=Advanced&term=$SEARCH_TERM&term2=&term3=&term4="
> arg2="by2=KW&by3=KW&by4=KW&bool1=And&bool2=And&bool3=And
> arg4="limit=TOM=*&sort=RELEVANCE&page=0"
> 
> case $OPTION in
> (-a)    arg3="by=AU";;
> (-i)    arg3="by=ISBN";;
> (-t)    arg3="by=TI";;
> (*)    usage;;
> esac
> 
> exec firefox --new-tab "$host/$path?$arg1&$arg2&$arg3&$arg4"
> 
> Now, if you wanted to add a -d (for date: by=DA) option, well, it's so 
> simple, Even a Caveman Could Do It.
> 
> Please not that any source code, in any language should not exceed 80 
> characters in width if possible.
> 
> JIM
> 
> On 7/6/2010 3:30 PM, John L. Cunningham wrote:
> > The redesigned Howard County Public Library site is too pointy-clicky
> > for my taste.  Therefore, I have written a rudementary bash script that
> > allows me to search the catalog from the command line.
> >
> >
> > --- BEGIN hcllookup.sh ---
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > OPTION="$1"
> > shift
> > SEARCH_TERM="$*"
> >
> > case "$OPTION" in
> > 	-a)
> > 	firefox --new-tab "http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&type=Advanced&term=$SEARCH_TERM&term2=&term3=&term4=&by=AU&by2=KW&by3=KW&by4=KW&bool1=And&bool2=And&bool3=And&limit=TOM=*&sort=RELEVANCE&page=0"
> > 	;;
> > 	-i)
> > 	firefox --new-tab "http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&type=Advanced&term=$SEARCH_TERM&term2=&term3=&term4=&by=ISBN&by2=KW&by3=KW&by4=KW&bool1=And&bool2=And&bool3=And&limit=TOM=*&sort=RELEVANCE&page=0"
> > 	;;
> > 	-t)
> > 	firefox --new-tab "http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&type=Advanced&term=$SEARCH_TERM&term2=&term3=&term4=&by=TI&by2=KW&by3=KW&by4=KW&bool1=And&bool2=And&bool3=And&limit=TOM=*&sort=RELEVANCE&page=0"
> > 	;;
> > 	*)
> > 	printf "Usage: hcllookup [OPTION] [SEARCH TERM(S)...]\n\t-a, Author\n\t-i, ISBN\n\t-t, Title\n"
> > 	;;
> > esac
> > --- END hcllookup.sh ---
> >
> >
> > John
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