cjsegninir | # 1161 | 2011-03-27, 13:42 | Report

Hello everyone,
I would like to use the Queen Beecon to display in my desktop some text extracted from a webpage (It changes everyday, but it is displayed in the same place)
Seeing all the things you do know, I imagine it is fairly simple, but I have no clue on how to do it.
Could anyone give me a hand?

ndi | # 1162 | 2011-03-29, 08:53 | Report

I am far from expert, but I'd start by using wget to get the file locally, then cat the file and parse it. I think wget can output to a pipe, but it makes debugging harder. Depending on cutting method, several tools can be used to snip the data.

In any case, you need a script. Add wget and cat the result, maybe to grep so you can find what you want. Someone better at Linux tools can help you cut the text you want.

ejasmudar | # 1163 | 2011-03-31, 05:38 | Report

Yes, as suggested by ndi, you should be looking at wget. it will download the contents of the webpage (including all the javascripts, css and html codes). I then piped the output to a 'sed' command to remove everything i did not want and format it.

This script can then be called easily from QBW.
For reference, check this script that i made that reads match scores from yahoo's site and displays the required details. In the source code, i have also mentioned a link to a tutorial

moudy91 | # 1164 | 2011-04-10, 07:46 | Report

hi guys i need to have a script to put in in the qbw to show the network name ( SSID ) when am connect to the wifi connection, can that be found or be created.
i don't want the personal ip widget i prefer the command in the qbw.
tanks

Umlungu | # 1165 | 2011-04-10, 08:49 | Report

I think you'd need root access/sudo to get that info, but 'iwconfig | grep wlan0' will give you the line that you need.

I haven't used qbw before, so I'm not sure if it accepts this command, but to take just ssid out of that line, you'd need to use something like, "cut 34,*". You would need to replace * with the length of the SSID though, so you if you don't know the length of the name, it'll probably look ugly

EDIT: 'iwconfig wlan0 | grep ESSID' would do the same and not have to query the other interfaces

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moudy91 | # 1166 | 2011-04-10, 17:27 | Report

hi Umlungu
i put 'iwconfig wlan0 | grep ESSID in the xterm when am root but it reply me iwconfig not found.
if their anyway else even in xterm to access it ??

JonWW | # 1167 | 2011-04-10, 21:50 | Report

moudy91 this script will give you your SSID
or if you want to show some kind of disconnected message use this scriptchange "na" for what ever disconnected message you want.

Hope this is what you are after.

moudy91 | # 1168 | 2011-04-11, 07:38 | Report

hi jonWW.
first i want to say thank you for helping me.
second echo "iwconfig wlan0"|root|grep ESSID|sed "s/.*ESSID:\"//;s/\".*//" That script didn't work when am connected to any wifi the ssid don't show up.
all i did copy and paste it in qbw and nothing happens.
thank you again, do you think something wrong with the script?

JonWW | # 1169 | 2011-04-11, 08:14 | Report

First try it in XTerm.
Do you have "rootsh" installed? as it cannot work wthout it.

moudy91 | # 1170 | 2011-04-11, 08:16 | Report

yes i have root installed and even in xterm it didn't work