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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with refining script Post 302988929 by Simplify on Thursday 5th of January 2017 07:52:23 AM
Old 01-05-2017
Linux New script requirement advise :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by bakunin
Yes! One more converted! ;-)

bakunin
Hi @bakunin

Ok, I have a new scripting requirement that I wanted to run by you...

I have a 3rd party script that pulls metadata from imdb.com and gives it to me in a clean text format. Now I need to modify the format and some of the fields to make the data ready for the next process I want to use it for - that is applying it to a mp4 file to so that my iTunes reads it correctly.

No, the question is - script in bash, ksh, sh or python? I think I would need to use grep or sed to manipulate the string i get from the 3rd party script output and if your suggestion is bash/ksh/sh then what do you suggest - grep or sed r a combination of both? OR do you think it could all be down via shell?

look forward to your thoughts

PS for anyone else reading, your thoughts and comments are welcome and sorry for going off topic - I would have sent bakunin a PM, however, i haven't posted 10 times yet...

Cheers,
Darren

---------- Post updated at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:30 PM ----------

Oh and I just thought about stomps comments - please see what I am attempting to accomplish below.

this is an output example I get from the 3rd party script (GitHub - bgr/imdb-cli: Command line tool for retrieving IMDb movie information)
Code:
Title:Deep Throat
Year:1993
Rated:TV-14
Released:17 Sep 1993
Season:1
Episode:2
Runtime:46 min
Genre:Drama
 Mystery
 Sci-Fi
Director:Daniel Sackheim
Writer:Chris Carter (created by)
 Chris Carter
Actors:David Duchovny
 Gillian Anderson
 Jerry Hardin
 Michael Bryan French
Plot:Mulder and Scully investigate the mysterious case of a military test pilot who disappeared after experiencing strange psychotic behaviour.
Language:English
Country:USA
Awards:N/A
Poster:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...._V1_SX300.jpg
Metascore:N/A
imdbRating:8.3
imdbVotes:3385
imdbID:tt0751099
seriesID:tt0106179
Type:episode
Response:True

and this is what I need to make it look like so that I can use FFmpeg to apply it to the mp4 file
Code:
;FFMETADATA1
major_brand=qt  
minor_version=512
compatible_brands=qt  
title=This Guilty Blood
album=Shadowhunters, Season 2
genre=Action
track=1/10
disc=2
date=2017-01-02
synopsis=Only hours have passed since Jace left with Valentine and all hell has broken loose at The Institute. Alec, Isabelle and Clary are desperate to find Jace, but are quickly stopped in their tracks with the arrival of Victor Aldertree, who means business about getting the Institute back on track. But getting the New York Shadowhunters in-line with The Clave may be counterintuitive to Alec, Isabelle and Clary's plan to rescue Jace. Meanwhile, Jocelyn has a lot to catch up on now that she is awake.
iTunEXTC=us-tv|TV-14|500
iTunMOVI=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"><plist version\="1.0"><dict>\
<key>cast</key><array>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Katherine McNamara</string></dict>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Dominic Sherwood</string></dict>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Matthew Daddario</string></dict>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Alberto Rosende</string></dict>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Isaiah Mustafa</string></dict>\
</array>\
<key>screenwriters</key><array>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Michael Reisz</string></dict>\
</array>\
<key>directors</key><array>\
<dict><key>name</key><string>Matt Hastings</string></dict>\
</array>\
</dict></plist>\

media_type=10
show=Shadowhunters
episode_id=This Guilty Blood
season_number=2
episode_sort=1
network=Freeform
hd_video=0
description=Only hours have passed since Jace left with Valentine and all hell has broken loose at The Institute.
encoder=Lavf57.25.100

Last edited by Simplify; 01-05-2017 at 09:35 AM..
 

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