#!/bin/bash
URLS_FILE="urls.txt"
COUNTER_FILE="counter.txt"
# Initialize counter if it doesn't exist
if [ ! -f "$COUNTER_FILE" ]; then
echo "1" > "$COUNTER_FILE"
fi
# Read current line number
LINE_NUM=$(cat "$COUNTER_FILE")
# Get the URL at that line
URL="" -n "${LINE_NUM}p" "$URLS_FILE")
# Check if we got a URL (in case we've run out)
if [ -z "$URL" ]; then
echo "No more URLs in list"
exit 1
fi
# Your toot command would go here
echo "Posting: $URL"
# toot post "Check out this week's Code Club activity: $URL"
# Increment counter for next time
echo $((LINE_NUM + 1)) > "$COUNTER_FILE"
```
For the wrapper text, you could either:
1. Have a template in the script itself (easy to maintain)
2. Store "URL|description" pairs in your file and split them
3. Have separate files like you mentioned, though that might get a bit messy
The cron entry for Monday 2am would be:
```
0 2 * * 1 /path/to/your/script.sh
One thing to consider - if you want this cycling forever, you might want to add logic to reset the counter when it reaches the end of your list. Also worth having the script log its output somewhere so you can check it's actually running.
Does that help point you in the right direction?
Cheers,
-Tim
Hi Tim
Thanks for this, For the moment I have run out of material to send out so am going to work on more material and take a look at the solutions presented on the list as I can make adaptations.
I think it depends what I am sending out if there is a single message, message + Image or just am image, which will of course need the additional alt-textl.
Thanks again
Paul
