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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> > > I have made aliases for playing five radio stations with
> > > mpg123 and since I cannot recall all the station names,
> > > I made a small script: echo 'wdav 24k, kcme 32k,......'
> > > (chmod +x) and called it radio, and put it on the path.
(And aliases for the stations in .profile)

> > Why don't you do a menu?  Something as simple as
> > this should work:
> > --------------------------------------------
> > select i in wdav kcme wabc wxyz; do $i; done
> > --------------------------------------------

It worked after I also made scripts for wdav etc.  I called the menu rad 
(first I tried rm for radiomenu, with predictable results) and when I type 
rad I see a list

1) wdav
2) kcme

I type 1 for wdav.  I can also type wdav to use the wdav script directly.

Since I also want information about each station, I then modified the 
select line and substituted for wdav the string 'wdav - 24K, Davidson NC'
etc., which gives me

1) wdav - 24K, Davidson NC              4) .....
2) kcme - 32K, Colorado Springs         5) .....
3) ...

To exit the menu I type Ctrl-C - is there a better way to exit?


> > For a fancier menu, you could use "read" and "case".
> > Have a look inside the "pppsetup" or "mail" scripts
> > to see how this is done.

> > There is no need for all those aliases when you have
> > a proper menu (using read/case).

You don't even need the aliases if you have scripts wdav etc.
It is just easier for me to keep all my changes in one big file since I 
move them around between computers. Your following suggestion would 
eliminate the need for more than one script, but then I don't think I 
could just type the station name without first using the menu.

> > In the case statement, you can specify options by putting
> > a | between them.  For example:
> > ----------------------------------
> > case $answer in
> > wdav|1)
> >   [your command(s) to start wdav]
> > ;;
> > kcme|2)
> >   [your command(s) to start kcme]
> > ;;
> > esac
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > That lets you use either the number or name to choose.

For [your command...] would I substitute here the line with
wget and mpg123 instead of needing a script for each station?

I don't know how to add station info (24K) in this method.


> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> >
> > ____________________________

Sindi