wikipedia-export

   1 #!/usr/bin/env bash
   2
   3 #=======================================================================
   4 # wikipedia-export
   5 # File ID: a7ef1800-5d49-11df-a875-90e6ba3022ac
   6 # Exports a Wikipedia article as XML.
   7 #
   8 # Newest version available from
   9 # http://svn.sunbase.org/repos/utils/trunk/wikipedia-export
  10 #
  11 # This complicated piece of software is licensed under the GNU General
  12 # Public License version 2 or later.
  13 # Made by Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@sunbase.org>.
  14 #=======================================================================
  15
  16 curonly='&curonly=true'
  17 [ "$1" = "-a" ] && { unset curonly; shift; }
  18
  19 if [ "$2" = "" ]; then
  20     echo Syntax: $0 [-a] language_prefix \'article_name\'
  21     echo
  22     echo If -a is specified as the first parameter, all revisions are downloaded.
  23     exit 1
  24 fi
  25
  26 wget -O "$1.$2.xml" http://$1.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export?action=submit$curonly\&pages=$2
  27
  28 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  29 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  30 # Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
  31 # option) any later version.
  32 #
  33 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  34 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  35 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  36 # See the GNU General Public License for more details.
  37 #
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  39 # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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