#!/bin/bash
# /usr/local/bin/recently_bookmarked
# https://crystalfaeries.net/posix/bin/recently_bookmarked
# celeste:crystalfaery RECENTLY_BOOKMARKED 2021-04-04 19:52:03+00:00
# original version from http://commandlinefu.com
# list firefox bookmarks by date in format: "dateAdded url"
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then # called with no arguments (e.g. by crontab): generate website file while firefox browser is not running...
# @reboot /usr/local/bin/recently_bookmarked
# 55 01 * * * /usr/local/bin/recently_bookmarked
until [ "$(ps -ef --forest | grep "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr" | grep -v grep | sed "s/^$(whoami) *//;s/ .*$//")" == "" ]
do
sleep 900 # check every 15 minutes until FIREFOX is no longer running because it KEEPS the DATABASE LOCKED OPEN
done
# generate the webpage (which auto-refreshes daily):
echo 'Content-Type: text/html' > $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo '' >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo -e 'Recently BookmarkedRecently Bookmarked
' \
> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo -e "![[clock]](/imgs/clipart/portrait/clock.png)
" \
>> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo 'YYYY-MM-DD.HH-MM-SS URL___' >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo '____-__-__.__-__-__ ______' >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
sqlite3 ${HOME}/.mozilla/firefox/*.[dD]efault/places.sqlite \
"SELECT strftime ('%Y-%m-%d.%H-%M-%S', dateAdded/1000000, 'unixepoch', 'localtime'),url FROM moz_places, moz_bookmarks WHERE moz_places.id = moz_bookmarks.fk ORDER BY dateAdded;" | tac | sed 's/|/ /g' | uniq |\
grep -v 'place:' | grep -v "file:///" >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo '' >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
cat "${HOME}"/public_html/README.html >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
echo '' >> $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html
# while we're playing with bookmarks, purge ICONs from our manually saved bookmarks file:
mv "${HOME}"/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks.html "${HOME}"/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks.html-
sed 's/ ICON="[^"]*"//g;s/ ICON_URI="[^"]*"//g'<"${HOME}"/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks.html- \
> "${HOME}"/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks.html
rm "${HOME}"/.mozilla/firefox/bookmarks.html-
firefox "${HOME}"/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html &/dev/null&disown %1
else # this is user requesting to review the file interactively
tail -n +5 $HOME/public_html/recently_bookmarked.html \
| cut -f2- \
| while read URL
do
echo "viewing: ${URL}"
firefox "${URL}"
echo -n "view next older bookmark?(Y/n): "
read disposition < /dev/tty
case "${disposition}" in
NO | no) exit 0;;
N | n) exit 0;;
*) ;;
esac
done
fi
exit $?