#!/bin/bash # A script that runs as a cron job daily to graphically display # the current angle fron North of the rising sun. # # You can find a link to the current output on my main gophermap # gopher://tildecow.com # # Questions? Comments? Unrelated Niceties? # [thenumbersixtytwo]connolly[at]gmail[period]com # # The raw data is in a table on this website data=$(lynx --dump https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@z-us-13676) # Extract the part we want data=${data%Sunset Today:*} # retain the part before the colon data=${data##*Sunrise Today:} # retain the part after the last slash # Begin formatting output echo "" > /var/gopher/sunrise today=$(date +%d-%B) echo -n "$today - Local Sunrise:$data" >> /var/gopher/sunrise # Place the sun at the appropriate position along the track deg=($data) deg=${deg[2]} deg=${deg::-1} n=53 printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise #echo -n "${line// /*}" echo ' , /),' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' (( -.((_)) _,)' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' ,\`.`_ _`-`,`' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' `.> <> <> (,-' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' ,`, | `._,)' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo '(( ) |, (`--`' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' ``( ) _--_,-.\' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' /,` \( ) ``' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' (( `\' >> /var/gopher/sunrise printf "%-$((deg-n))s" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo ' !' >> /var/gopher/sunrise # Place the axis for this one-dimensional graph echo "-------------------------------+---- S>" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo " ^ ^ ^" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo " Summer Solstice Equinox Winter Solstice" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo " 55 deg 90 deg 123 deg" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo "" >> /var/gopher/sunrise # Closing stuff echo " (ascii sun courtesy SSt)" >> /var/gopher/sunrise echo " Thanks for visiting gopher://tildecow.com" >> /var/gopher/sunrise # Grace those poor, backward denizens of the WWW with this greatness. ;-) cp /var/gopher/sunrise /var/www/html/sunrise.txt # END SCRIPT