wget camera script - john meister © 2016


#!/bin/bash
#  john meister 2011 Feb 10 
#
# script to capture camera shots for web page - runs every 1.6 minutes  (96 seconds)
# http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00569.jpg   - looking north from 152nd
# http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00605.jpg   - looking south from cathcart
#  date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'  --> 2011-02-10.1519
#
    # repeat a command 100 times
    # x=100
    # while [ $x -gt 0 ]
    # do
    #      command
    #      x=$(($x-1))
    # done

# repeat command 10 times
     x=10
     while [ $x -gt 0 ]
     do
wget --output-document="`date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'`hrs-152nd-north.jpg" --no-http-keep-alive -q -nc "http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00569.jpg"  
wget --output-document="`date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'`hrs-cathcart-south.jpg" --no-http-keep-alive -q -nc "http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00605.jpg"  
sleep 96
          x=$(($x-1))
     done

#
#
# wget --output-document="`date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'`hrs-152nd-north.jpg" --no-http-keep-alive -q -nc "http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00569.jpg"  
# looking north from 152nd
#
# wget --output-document="`date +'%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'`hrs-cathcart-south.jpg" --no-http-keep-alive -q -nc "http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/009vc00605.jpg"  
#looking south from cathcart
# sleep 96