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Old 10-22-2011
Limit the number of characters in a bash output
I have a script that outputs the weather on two lines.
If possibly I would like to set a character limit on them

Currently it outputs something like
Quote:
Today:
Morning fog then afternoon showers.
Tomorrow:
Rain at times.
but I would like to limit the lines so appends an ellipsis if nescessary:
Quote:
Today:
Morning fog then afternoon sh(...)
Tomorrow:
Rain at times.
This is the script
Code:
#! /bin/bash


curl -s --connect-timeout 30 "ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00003.html" | grep "Melbourne" | sed -e 's,&nbsp;,,g' -e 's/<\/TD>/\]/g' -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' | awk -F ']' '{print "Today:"}{print $4}{print "Tomorrow:" }{print    $7}'
exit 0

# 2  
Old 10-22-2011
Code:
curl -s --connect-timeout 30 ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00003.html |
  awk -F'<TD valign=top>| &nbsp;</TD>' '$0 ~ where {
    printf "Today:\n%s\nTomorrow:\n%s\n", \
      (length($8) > max ? substr($8, 1, max) "(...)" : $8), \
      (length($14) > max ? substr($14, 1, max) "(...)" : $14)
    exit
    }' where=Melbourne max=20

Sample output:

Code:
% curl -s --connect-timeout 30 ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00003.html |
  awk -F'<TD valign=top>| &nbsp;</TD>' '$0 ~ where {
    printf "Today:\n%s\nTomorrow:\n%s\n", \
  (length($8) > max ? substr($8, 1, max) "(...)" : $8), \
  (length($14) > max ? substr($14, 1, max) "(...)" : $14)
exit
    }' where=Melbourne max=20     
Today:
Morning fog, late sh(...)
Tomorrow:
Rain at times.

This User Gave Thanks to radoulov For This Post:
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# 3  
Old 10-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
curl -s --connect-timeout 30 ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00003.html |
  awk -F'<TD valign=top>| &nbsp;</TD>' '$0 ~ where {
    printf "Today:\n%s\nTomorrow:\n%s\n", \
      (length($8) > max ? substr($8, 1, max) "(...)" : $8), \
      (length($14) > max ? substr($14, 1, max) "(...)" : $14)
    exit
    }' where=Melbourne max=20

Sample output:

Code:
% curl -s --connect-timeout 30 ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00003.html |
  awk -F'<TD valign=top>| &nbsp;</TD>' '$0 ~ where {
    printf "Today:\n%s\nTomorrow:\n%s\n", \
  (length($8) > max ? substr($8, 1, max) "(...)" : $8), \
  (length($14) > max ? substr($14, 1, max) "(...)" : $14)
exit
    }' where=Melbourne max=20     
Today:
Morning fog, late sh(...)
Tomorrow:
Rain at times.

That works great. Thank you.
 
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