#!/usr/bin/env sh # Description: Browse Project Gutenberg catalogue by popularity, then download # and read a book of your choice. # # Details: Set the variable EBOOK_ID to download in html format and read in w3m. # Clear EBOOK_ID to browse available ebooks by popularity and set it to # the ID once you find an interesting one. # To dowload and read in epub format set READER to an epub reader like # epr: https://github.com/wustho/epr # # More on EBOOK_ID: # Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/768 # So EBOOK_ID would be 768 # # Downloaded ebooks are at ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/nnn/gutenbooks/ # # Shell: POSIX compliant # Author: Arun Prakash Jana EBOOK_ID="${EBOOK_ID}" DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/nnn/gutenbooks/$EBOOK_ID" BROWSE_LINK="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=downloads" BROWSER="${BROWSER:-w3m}" READER="${READER}" if [ -n "$EBOOK_ID" ]; then if [ ! -e "$DIR" ]; then mkdir -p "$DIR" cd "$DIR" || exit 1 if [ -z "$READER" ]; then curl -L -O "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/$EBOOK_ID/$EBOOK_ID-h.zip" unzip "$EBOOK_ID"-h.zip else curl -L -o "$EBOOK_ID".epub "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/$EBOOK_ID.epub.noimages" fi fi if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then if [ -z "$READER" ]; then "$BROWSER" "$DIR/$EBOOK_ID-h/$EBOOK_ID-h.htm" else "$READER" "$DIR/$EBOOK_ID.epub" fi fi else "$BROWSER" "$BROWSE_LINK" fi