flickr_slideshow.sh

#!/bin/sh
# takes as arguments all the files to be uploaded, uploads with a tag of the timestamp which it uses to create the slideshow

# Note the backticks to get the return value of the function
MYTAG=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`


flickr_upload --tag="$MYTAG" $*

# download the right format for flickr slideshows (from a raw gist of mine)
wget http://gist.github.com/raw/561282/c016db98ac3272facc5a75ba2d7780abc33a78bb/slideshow.html

# Output the code
# Note that sed needs double quotes to use the environmental variable
sed "s/unique_tag/$MYTAG/g" slideshow.html 

# cleanup
rm slideshow.html