gistplorer

# while no 404 or 500
while curl -f "$homepage?page=$page" > /tmp/curl.last 2>/tmp/curl.last.error
do
    # add a trailing newline
    echo 2>>/tmp/curl.last.error
    
    # parse the gist
    ~/CODE/TEST/BASH/filegist < /tmp/curl.last | tee /tmp/curl.last.results

    # if parsing didn't find anything,
    # break out of the loop
    if ! [[ -s /tmp/curl.last.results ]]
    then
	echo "nothing to see here!"
	break
    fi

    # else, prepare for next page
    ((page++))
    echo '#####' 
    echo "next page: $homepage?page=$page"
    echo '#####'    
    sleep 0.3
done