finalgear.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This is a script that will automatically download the latest video from the
# Final Gear torrent feed. I don't write many shell scripts so please excuse
# any bad shell scripting.

# My setup is to have Transmission automatically open torrents that are in
# my $HOME/Downloads/Torrents directory. You can set this in:
#   Transfers > Auto Add

delay=300
result=''

# Find latest Final Gear Torrent
latest=$(curl http://feeds.finalgear.com/finalgeartorrents 2>/dev/null | grep '<enclosure' | sed 's#^.*url="\(.*\)" type=.*#\1#' | head -1)

# While it's the same 
while [[ $result = '' ]]; do
  result=$(curl http://feeds.finalgear.com/finalgeartorrents 2>/dev/null | grep '<enclosure' | sed 's#^.*url="\(.*\)" type=.*#\1#' | head -1 | grep -v $latest)
  echo "[ $(date) ] Nothing yet..."
  sleep $delay
done

cd $HOME/Downloads/Torrents
curl "$result" | gunzip > $(basename $result)

top_gear.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'active_support'
require 'rss'

TorrentsDir         = ENV['TOP_GEAR_DOWNLOAD_DIR'] || "/Users/#{ENV['USER']}/Downloads/Torrents"
FinalGearTorrentRss = 'http://feeds.finalgear.com/finalgeartorrents'

end_time  = Time.now + 12.hours

while Time.now < end_time
  rss         = RSS::Parser.parse(open(FinalGearTorrentRss).read, false)
  latest_item = rss.items[4]

  if latest_item.pubDate > 1.day.ago
    Dir.chdir(TorrentsDir)
    `open /Applications/Transmissions.app`
    `curl #{latest_item.link} | gunzip > top_gear.torrent`
    exit
  end

  puts "[#{Time.now}] Didn't find anything new... sleeping for 5 minutes"
  sleep 300
end

puts "Did not download torrent"