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Created December 9, 2022 22:03
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get_input.sh
#!/bin/bash
# example usage: `$ ./get_input.sh 09`
echo "getting input file for day ${1}";
PATH="input/${1}.txt";
YEAR="2022";
DAY=$(echo "${1}" | /usr/bin/sed 's/^0*//');
URL="https://adventofcode.com/${YEAR}/day/${DAY}/input";
# Download input
/usr/bin/curl --cookie 'session={add_your_token_here};' $URL > $PATH
# Trim trailing new line
/usr/bin/perl -pi -e 'chomp if eof' $PATH
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Don't forget to:

  1. Add your own session cookie
  2. chmod u+x ... wherever you put this

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I'm calling this from another script so I need to use full path to all these commands, change if you're calling this directly or your system doesn't match!

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