[sf-lug] BART train departure info from the command line

[Jesse Zbikowski]

This is a good idea.  I wanted to see the results on stdout like a
normal utility instead of going in to the browser, so I used elinks
-dump.  Also I used "head" and "tail" to extract the departure times.

--- bart.orig   2009-02-15 14:47:21.000000000 -0800
+++ bart        2009-02-15 14:49:03.000000000 -0800
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
 [ "$1" = "19" ] && sta="19TH"   # 19th St. Oakland

 # call up bart.gov/wireless & go directly to the specified station
-elinks -no-connect 1
http://bart.gov/wireless/stationdetails.aspx?station="$sta"
+elinks -dump -no-references -no-numbering -no-connect 1 \
+ http://bart.gov/wireless/stationdetails.aspx?station="$sta" \
+ | head -n -11 | tail -n +4

 ## end of script ##



On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, John Magolske <b79net at gmail.com> wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
> # A command line tool for checking BART trains departing a given station
> # Requires elinks as written here, but that can replaced with another
> # browser if you so desire...
> # (c)2008 John Magolske, GPL v3
> # Last edit: 2009/02/07 Sat 13:13 PST
>
> # If no station is specified go to the bart.gov/wireless pull-down list
> [ "$#" -eq 0 ] &&\
> elinks -no-connect 1 http://bart.gov/wireless/eta.aspx && exit 0
>
> # created easier to remember (for me) short-names for each station:
> ash="ASHB"      # Ashby
> bal="BALB"      # Balboa Park
> cas="CAST"      # Castro Valley
> bay="BAYF"      # Bay Fair
> civ="CIVC"      # Civic Center
> col="COLS"      # Coliseum/Oakland
> colma="COLM"    # Colma
> con="CONC"      # Concord
> daly="DALY"     # Daly City
> berk="DBRK"     # Downtown Berkeley
> dub="DUBL"      # Dublin/Pleasanton
> cern="DELN"     # El Cerrito del Norte
> cerp="PLZA"     # El Cerrito Plaza
> emb="EMBR"      # Embarcadero
> free="FRMT"     # Fremont
> fruit="FTVL"    # Fruitvale
> glen="GLEN"     # Glen Park
> hey="HAYW"      # Hayward
> laf="LAFY"      # Lafayette
> lake="LAKE"     # Lake Merritt
> mac="MCAR"      # MacArthur
> mill="MLBR"     # Millbrae
> mont="MONT"     # Montgomery St.
> nberk="NBRK"    # North Berkeley
> ncon="NCON"     # North Concord/Martinez
> orin="ORIN"     # Orinda
> pit="PITT"      # Pittsburg/Bay Point
> phill="PHIL"    # Pleasant Hill
> pow="POWL"      # Powell St.
> rich="RICH"     # Richmond
> rock="ROCK"     # Rockridge
> sanb="SBRN"     # San Bruno
> sfo="SFIA"      # San Francisco Int\'l Airport
> slean="SANL"    # San Leandro
> shay="SHAY"     # South Hayward
> ssf="SSAN"      # South San Francisco
> uni="UCTY"      # Union City
> wcreek="WCRK"   # Walnut Creek
> woak="WOAK"     # West Oakland
>
> eval sta="\$$1"
>
> # variables can't begin with a number, for numbered stations do it like:
> [ "$1" = "16" ] && sta="16TH"   # 16th St. Mission (SF)
> [ "$1" = "24" ] && sta="24TH"   # 24th St. Mission (SF)
> [ "$1" = "12" ] && sta="12TH"   # 12th St. Oakland City Center
> [ "$1" = "19" ] && sta="19TH"   # 19th St. Oakland
>
> # call up bart.gov/wireless & go directly to the specified station
> elinks -no-connect 1 http://bart.gov/wireless/stationdetails.aspx?station="$sta"
>
> ## end of script ##