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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Simple script to download files from a GitHub Gist. | |
| # Script will prompt for a Gist URL (e.g. https://gist.github.com/username/gistId.git), then display the files available to download, alongside row numbers. | |
| # NB: Multiple files can be downloaded at once by entering the row numbers separated by spaces. | |
| # Get Gist URL from the user | |
| echo "Enter the Gist URL:" | |
| read gistUrl | |
| # Strip .git from the URL to get the Gist ID | |
| gistId=${gistUrl%.git} | |
| gistId=${gistId##*/} | |
| # Fetch details about the Gist using the GitHub API | |
| apiUrl="https://api.github.com/gists/$gistId" | |
| # Extract the file information using curl and jq | |
| fileList=$(curl -s "$apiUrl" | jq -r '.files | keys | .[]') | |
| # Create an array of filenames and display the options. | |
| declare -a fileArr | |
| i=1 | |
| echo "Available Files:" | |
| while IFS= read -r line | |
| do | |
| echo "$i: $line" | |
| fileArr[i]=$line | |
| i=$((i+1)) | |
| done <<< "$fileList" | |
| # Ask the user which files they want to download. | |
| echo "Enter the numbers of the files to download (separated by spaces):" | |
| read -a fileNums | |
| # Download the selected files with curl. | |
| for num in "${fileNums[@]}" | |
| do | |
| selectedFile=${fileArr[$num]} | |
| rawGistUrl="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/raw/$gistId" | |
| curl -O "$rawGistUrl/$selectedFile" | |
| echo "Downloaded $selectedFile" | |
| done |
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