Publish quotes as blog posts to Google Blogger using GoogleCL - Linux (Deprecated)

quotes_en.sh

# Script:       quotes_en.sh (deprecated)
# Version:      1.0 - 20110227
# Platform:     Linux
# Databases:    quotes_en_number, quotes_en.ini
# Creator:      wandersick - https://wandersick.blogspot.com/2016/08/auto-posting-inspirational-quotes-on.html
# Purpose:      Publish quotes as blog posts to Google Blogger using GoogleCL (Linux)
#
# Usage:        Modify /root/quotes/ to a location where this script and quotes are stored.
#               Change 'English Quotes' to your blog name.
#               Ensure write access is permitted to quotes_en_number (generated by script on first run)
#               Quotes formatted as below should be saved in a text file named quotes_en.ini. Run/schedule this script on Linux.
#
#               "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."= Confucius
#               "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."= Albert Einstein
#
# Caution:      Be careful of chars like ’ (not ') in quotes that could break this script

#!/bin/sh
cd /root/quotes
if [ ! -e quotes_en_number ] ; then echo '1' > quotes_en_number ; fi
number=$( cat 'quotes_en_number' )
quote=$( cat 'quotes_en.ini' | sed -n "$number p" | sed 's/\([^=]*\)=\([^=]*\).*/\1/')
author=$( cat 'quotes_en.ini' | sed -n "$number p" | sed 's/\([^=]*\)=\([^=]*\).*/\2/')
google blogger post --blog 'English Quotes' --title "$author" --tags "$author" "<p>$quote$author</p>"
expr $number + 1 >'quotes_en_number'