#!/bin/bash
# /usr/bin/weatherget
# simple bash weather script by sev
url=ftp://weather.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/city/mn/bemidji.txt
text2wave=/usr/bin/text2wave
curl=/usr/bin/curl
goodbye="Thank you for listening to our weather service. Have a nice day. Drive safely."
#First we get the text file
$curl -s $url > /tmp/weather.txt
#Copy off the first 5 lines and store them in a seperate file
head -n 5 /tmp/weather.txt > /tmp/weather_head.txt
#Delete the First two annoying lines in the head
sed -e '1,2d' /tmp/weather_head.txt > /tmp/weather_move.txt
mv /tmp/weather_move.txt /tmp/weather_head.txt
#Delete the first 5 lines, delete the . infront of each following line
sed -e '1,5d' /tmp/weather.txt | sed -e 's/^.\(.*\)/\1/' > /tmp/weather.txt
#Now we append the two files together
cat /tmp/weather.txt >> /tmp/weather_head.txt
mv /tmp/weather_head.txt /tmp/weather.txt
#Text to speach
$text2wave /tmp/weather.txt -F 8000 -o /tmp/weather.wav
#Tell our caller to have a nice day
echo $goodbye | $text2wave -F 8000 -o /tmp/goodbye.wav
Then, in extensions.conf:
exten => 557,1,Answer
exten => 557,2,Wait(1)
exten => 557,3,Playback(/tmp/weather);
exten => 557,4,Wait(1)
exten => 557,3,Playback(/tmp/goodbye);
exten => 557,5,Hangup