geekbench_scan_advanced.sh

# DISCLAMER: straightforward, might break any time xD
# this will strip html and will sort strings, so, you will see same model data next to each other


search_year=`date +%Y`
search_model="" #any model
search_model_message="any model"

if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    echo "YEAR supplied: $1"
    search_year="$1" 
fi

if [ -n "$2" ]; then
	search_model="$2"
	search_model_message="$2"
fi

# yes, it's straighforward, we support maximum 2 pieces in the name
# if there will be a MacBook Pro Air – well, we can use "Pro Air" to find it
if [ -n "$3" ]; then
	search_model="$2 $3"
	search_model_message="$search_model"
fi


echo "looking into $search_model_message for year $search_year" "\n"

# the pipe will strip html line by line till we get something like
# 
curl -sS https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks/ \
| grep -i -A 8 "$search_model.*\(.*\s$search_year\)" \
| sed -e "s/\<.*\>/ /g" \
| tr -d "\n" \
| sed -e "s/\-\-/±/g" \
| tr '±' '\n' \
| sort \
| grep -v "^$"

echo
echo "possible parameters (stupid positional): $0 YEAR MODEL"
echo "example: $0 2018 MacBook Pro"
echo "tip: model ignoring year – use a part of the year string: $0 20 MacBook Air"
echo "pro tip: you can grep the output of this script =^^="