ipodpatcher scripting question.

[jackbnymbl]

I'm writing a script which requires the use of ipodpatcher, and I'm kindof a scripting n00b, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get just the device location from "ipodpatcher --scan", e.g. "/dev/sda" and input it to a variable?

It would also be nice if it could output the iPod type to a variable, e.g. "1st generation iPod Nano"

[bluebrother]

redirect the output of ipodpatcher and cut everything you don't need -- perl will do, as various other ways like using sed / awk.

[jackbnymbl]

I looked at the man pages for sed and awk, but I'm still blank (like I said, I'm kindof a n00b here). Maybe someone can give me some scripting help?

[bluebrother]

try something like this:
./ipodpatcher -l 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/Ipod\ model/!d;s/^.*\:\ //'
./ipodpatcher -l 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/Ipod\ found/!d;s/^.*\///'

[jackbnymbl]

Thanks for the help, but now I just can't figure out how to get the output into a variable. Also, is there any chance to make the first command not display "winpod"/"macpod" and the second one include /dev/? Thanks for your help though.

[bluebrother]

well, you can redirect the command output and simply prepend /dev/
DEVICE=/dev/`./ipodpatcher -l 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/Ipod\ found/!d;s/^.*\///'`

As a different solution you could adjust the replacement to not match the /dev/ prefix. You can strip the "winpod" part similar: just replace the part in parentensis with an empty string. Check the manual for sed for details. Another great resource for beginning is the book "Linux in a nutshell".

Anyway, this is getting quite off topic here ...

[jackbnymbl]

That works perfectly (and I figured out how to get rid of winpod/macpod)
Thanks for all the help! Is there any way to get it to tell me what size the iPod is? (rounded to the nearest GB)

[bluebrother]

well, you could check the size of the disk using fdisk -l

But we're getting really off topic now ... this is about scripting, not Rockbox any more ;-)

[jackbnymbl]

true...
In that case, my on-topic suggestion is to add an off-topic forum!

[scorche]

true...
In that case, my on-topic suggestion is to add an off-topic forum!

No.  

(This has been discussed before and shot down, as this is a technical forum and not a social forum.  A technical forum needs no off-topic forum.)